YAYANAGI TSUYOSHI (b. 1933)

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YAYANAGI TSUYOSHI (b. 1933)
Robe te, nugisuterareta isho (Clothing removed) (5)
Woodcut, signed and dated in pencil in Roman script Yanagi '71, titled as above, numbered 27/50, framed and glazed

UCHIMA ANSEI (b. 1921)
Step by step
Untitled
The first, silkscreen, signed and dated in pencil in Roman characters Uchima '69 and numbered 7/80, titled in pencil as above, framed and glazed; the second, woodcut, 1969, signed and dated in pencil in Roman script A.Uchima Dec.1969, mounted on paper inscribed in Roman script Season's Greetings Ansei Toshiko Anju

SHINOHARA USHIO (b. 1932)
Onna no matsuri (Doll festival)
Silkscreen triptych, signed in pencil U. Shinohara, numbered 9/100, framed in acrylic box

TAKEI TAKEO (1894-1983)
Untitled
Woodcut, n.d., signed in pencil T. Takei, numbered 2/4, slight tape stains at corners, mounted in acrylic box

YOSHIDA MASAJI (1917-1971)
Modern ballet No 1
Woodcut, 1967, signed and dated in pencil in Roman script Masaji Yoshida 1967, sealed Masaji, titled as above, numbered 23/50, laid down, mat stain around perimeter

WATANABE SADAO (1913-1996)
Noah's Ark
Biblical scene
Brushed pigments and stencil on momigami (crumpled, wrinkled) kozo, the first signed in ink in Roman script and dated 1968, numbered 11/50; the second signed and dated in pencil in Roman script Sadao Watanabe 1972 and numbered 4/70, each framed in acrylic box

YOSHIDA CHIZUKO (b. 1924)
Arabu no insho (Impression of an Arab)
Woodcut, n.d. [1958], signed in pencil in Roman script Chizuko Yoshida, titled as above, numbered 22/50, slight creases, framed and glazed

TAJIMA HIROYUKI (1911-1984)
Orunu
Woodcut, 1963, signed and dated in pencil in Roman script Hiroyuki Tajima '63, titled in pencil as above and numbered 9/20, framed and glazed

KUSUMI AYAKO (20th century)
Untitled
Etching, n.d., signed in pencil in Roman script Ayako Kusumi and numbered 6/20, framed and glazed
30 x 21.1/8in. (78 x 53.7cm.) sight; 27 x 20in. (68.5 x 51.5cm.) sight; 27 x 57.1/8in. (70 x 145cm.); 20.7/8 x 14.5/8in. (51.2 x 37.3cm.); 12 x 12.3/8in. (32.3 x 31.5cm.) sight; 44 x 33in. (113.5 x 85cm.); 23.7/8 x 19.7/8in. (60.5 x 50.5cm.) sight; 22.7/8 x 17.7/8in. (58 x 45.5cm.); 24 x 18 (62. x 46.5cm.) sight; 7.5/8 x 11in. (19.3 x 30cm.) sight (11)
Exhibited
The first and ninth, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Comtemporary Japanese Prints," August 29--October 22, 1972

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The first and ninth, George Kuwayama Contemporary Japanese Prints (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1972), nos. 53 and 41 respectively
Another impression of the fourth was sold in these Rooms 24 April, 1997, lot 25.