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    Sale 9246

    Japanese Modern and Contemporary Paintings

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    10 May 2000

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    • Kawabata Ryushi (1885-1966)
    Lot 28

    Kawabata Ryushi (1885-1966)

    Ao Fudo (Blue Fudo)

    Price realised

    USD 18,800

    Estimate

    USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

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    Kawabata Ryushi (1885-1966)
    Ao Fudo (Blue Fudo)
    Signed Ryushi and sealed with butterfly emblem
    Ink, color, gold and silver on silk
    22¼ x 28¼in. (56.5 x 71.7cm.)
    Painted circa 1925-35 Certificate on verso titled, signed and sealed by the artist's daughter Kawabata Kimiko

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    Lot Essay

    PUBLISHED:
    Kawabata Ryushi sakuhinshu (Collected works of Kawabata Ryushi) (Privately published, n.d.), pl. 1.

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