Sale 2338
New York
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15 September 2010
Price realised
USD 3,250
Estimate
Ito Shinsui (1898-1972) Hitomi (Pupil of the eye) from the series Gendai bijinshu dai nishu (The second series of modern beauties), 1936.8 Woodcut on pink mica ground, the collar applied with white mica and the robe with silver mica, signed Shinsui ga, sealed Shinsui and published by Watanabe Shozaburo--very good impression and color 17 5/16 x 11 3/16in. (43.9 x 28.4cm.)
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