Sale 2338
New York
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15 September 2010
Price realised
USD 2,000
Estimate
Ito Shinsui (1898-1972) Kaya (Mosquito net), from the series Gendai bijinshu dai isshu (The first series of modern beauties), 1929.5 Woodcut, signed Shinsui ga, sealed Shinsui and published by Watanabe Shozaburo, numbered on verso 35/250 and sealed Watanabe--very good impression, toned 16¾ x 10 15/16in. (42.5 x 27.7cm.)
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