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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
Tokuriki Tomikichiro (1902-1999)
Salmon
Details
Tokuriki Tomikichiro (1902-1999)
Salmon
Woodcut, signed Tomi and sealed Toku, and dated Showa umadoshi no gantan (Showa period, cyclical year of horse, January first), from the first edition of 100--very good impression and color, margin stains, creases top margin
36 x 16¾in. (91.4 x 42.5cm.)
ITO SHINSUI (1898-1972)
Hishochi no hiru (Midday at a summer resort)
Woodcut, signed Shinsui sha, sealed Shinsui and published by Watanabe Shozaburo--very good impression, good color, crease upper left, margins lightly soiled, binding hole upper right corner, hinge residue top verso
13 1/8 x 18½in. (33.4 x 47cm.)
YASUO KUNIYOSHI (1893-1953)
Two pears and strawberries, [1936]
Lithograph, unsigned, n.d., no edition number--good impression, creased, toned, soiled, rubbed, repairs
11 3/8 x 14¾in. (19 x 37.5cm.)
CYRUS LE ROY BALDRIDGE (1889-1975)
N. Gate Peking, 1925
Woodcut, signed in pencil C. le Roy Baldrige [sic], numbered 23/100 and published by Watanabe Shozaburo--good impression and color, margin and corner creases, top margin toned
15 1/8 x 10 3/8in. (38.5 x 26.5cm.)
Baldridge was raised in Chicago and had a successful career as an illustrator and typographer. He spent several months in China, Korea and Japan in 1919 and 1920, and returned again in 1924. In 1925, during a six-week layover in Japan on the way home, he met the publisher Watanabe Shozaburo, who issued some of Baldridge's watercolors of Beijing scenes as woodblock prints.
HOSHI JOICHI (1913-1979)
Hikari (Light), 1960
Woodcut, signed in pencil in Roman print Joichi Hoshi, sealed Hoshi, numbered 21/100--good impression and color, mat burn bottom edge into signature, margin stains, crease upper right corner and edge, tape residue corners verso
8 7/8 x 10¼in. (22.5 x 26cm.)
MABUCHI TORU (1920-1994)
Haru no yama (Spring in the mountains), 1961
Woodcut, signed in pencil in Roman script Toru Mabuchi, sealed Toru and numbered 26/50--very good impression and color, top and bottom margins creased
18¼ x 24 3/8in. (46.4 x 62cm.)
UEDA GAGYU (1921-1999)
Haha, musume (Mother and daughter), 1971
Woodcut, signed in pencil in Roman script Gagyu Ueda and sealed Gyu, numbered 31/100, watermarked Ueda Gagyu--good impression and color, margins lightly soiled, creased upper and lower right margins
19 1/8 x 16 1/16in. (48.5 x 66.2cm.)
AY-O (b. 1931)
Woman bathing, 1974
Silkscreen, signed in pencil in Roman script Ay-O, numbered in pen 166/175--very good impression and color, margins stained and foxed, upper right corner creased
29 7/8 x 21 5/8in. (75.8 x 55.5cm.)
FERRY BERTHOLET (late 20th century)
Nude with fish, 1986
Silkscreen, signed in Roman script in white pencil Bertholet and numbered 14/125--very good impression and color, scuffs in background, margins stained left and bottom 21 x 25 5/8in. (52 x 65.5cm.)
Bertholet lives and works in Amsterdam.
JO KEITO (b. 1948)
Menyojo no kaosu, 1987
Three copper-plate engravings, each signed in pencil in Roman script Keito Jo and numbered 92/100, with poems by Shinogu Hisashi--very good impressions, color and condition
13¾ x 11 1/8in. (35 x 28.4cm.), each
ARTIST UNKNOWN (20th century)
Attention: Sweet Words
Etching with aquatint, illegibly signed in pencil in Roman script and numbered 28/45--good condition
25 5/8 x 21½in. (65.5 x 52cm.) (13)
Salmon
Woodcut, signed Tomi and sealed Toku, and dated Showa umadoshi no gantan (Showa period, cyclical year of horse, January first), from the first edition of 100--very good impression and color, margin stains, creases top margin
36 x 16¾in. (91.4 x 42.5cm.)
ITO SHINSUI (1898-1972)
Hishochi no hiru (Midday at a summer resort)
Woodcut, signed Shinsui sha, sealed Shinsui and published by Watanabe Shozaburo--very good impression, good color, crease upper left, margins lightly soiled, binding hole upper right corner, hinge residue top verso
13 1/8 x 18½in. (33.4 x 47cm.)
YASUO KUNIYOSHI (1893-1953)
Two pears and strawberries, [1936]
Lithograph, unsigned, n.d., no edition number--good impression, creased, toned, soiled, rubbed, repairs
11 3/8 x 14¾in. (19 x 37.5cm.)
CYRUS LE ROY BALDRIDGE (1889-1975)
N. Gate Peking, 1925
Woodcut, signed in pencil C. le Roy Baldrige [sic], numbered 23/100 and published by Watanabe Shozaburo--good impression and color, margin and corner creases, top margin toned
15 1/8 x 10 3/8in. (38.5 x 26.5cm.)
Baldridge was raised in Chicago and had a successful career as an illustrator and typographer. He spent several months in China, Korea and Japan in 1919 and 1920, and returned again in 1924. In 1925, during a six-week layover in Japan on the way home, he met the publisher Watanabe Shozaburo, who issued some of Baldridge's watercolors of Beijing scenes as woodblock prints.
HOSHI JOICHI (1913-1979)
Hikari (Light), 1960
Woodcut, signed in pencil in Roman print Joichi Hoshi, sealed Hoshi, numbered 21/100--good impression and color, mat burn bottom edge into signature, margin stains, crease upper right corner and edge, tape residue corners verso
8 7/8 x 10¼in. (22.5 x 26cm.)
MABUCHI TORU (1920-1994)
Haru no yama (Spring in the mountains), 1961
Woodcut, signed in pencil in Roman script Toru Mabuchi, sealed Toru and numbered 26/50--very good impression and color, top and bottom margins creased
18¼ x 24 3/8in. (46.4 x 62cm.)
UEDA GAGYU (1921-1999)
Haha, musume (Mother and daughter), 1971
Woodcut, signed in pencil in Roman script Gagyu Ueda and sealed Gyu, numbered 31/100, watermarked Ueda Gagyu--good impression and color, margins lightly soiled, creased upper and lower right margins
19 1/8 x 16 1/16in. (48.5 x 66.2cm.)
AY-O (b. 1931)
Woman bathing, 1974
Silkscreen, signed in pencil in Roman script Ay-O, numbered in pen 166/175--very good impression and color, margins stained and foxed, upper right corner creased
29 7/8 x 21 5/8in. (75.8 x 55.5cm.)
FERRY BERTHOLET (late 20th century)
Nude with fish, 1986
Silkscreen, signed in Roman script in white pencil Bertholet and numbered 14/125--very good impression and color, scuffs in background, margins stained left and bottom 21 x 25 5/8in. (52 x 65.5cm.)
Bertholet lives and works in Amsterdam.
JO KEITO (b. 1948)
Menyojo no kaosu, 1987
Three copper-plate engravings, each signed in pencil in Roman script Keito Jo and numbered 92/100, with poems by Shinogu Hisashi--very good impressions, color and condition
13¾ x 11 1/8in. (35 x 28.4cm.), each
ARTIST UNKNOWN (20th century)
Attention: Sweet Words
Etching with aquatint, illegibly signed in pencil in Roman script and numbered 28/45--good condition
25 5/8 x 21½in. (65.5 x 52cm.) (13)