Sale 9642
New York
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11 May 2001
Price realised
USD 28,200
Estimate
Yokoyama Taikan (1868-1958) Haru no nagare (Stream in spring) Dated 1930, late spring, in a hotel in Rome, signed Taikan and sealed Ink and color on paper 18 1/8 x 12 5/8in. (45.8 x 32cm.) Certification on wood panel titled, signed and sealed by the artist; with Yokoyama Taikan Kinenkan certificate on verso, no. ke dai 60 go
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