Japanese Ukiyo-e and Modern Woodblock Prints featuring the Estate of George Zorin
95 Lots
1: Elizabeth Keith, (British 1887-1956), Manchu Lady of the Last Dynasty - Peking, Woodblock in colors, circa 1925, Sheet size: 17-3/4 x 12-1/2 in (451 x 318 mm)
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
2: Elizabeth Keith, (British 1887-1956), A Game of Chess, Korea, Woodblock in colors with scattered silver highlights to window, circa 1921, Sheet:13-1/4 x 17-1/2 in (337 x 445 mm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
3: Ohara Koson, (Japanese 1878-1945), Snow at Yanagibashi, Oban tate-e, 15-1/2 x 10-1/4 in (393 x 260 mm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
4: Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (1786-1864) and Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), Secret Rendezvous and Demon Woman Reflected in a Mirror from Magic of the Mirror: Two Triptych Prints, Each oban tate-e
Estimate: $200 - $400
5: Keisai Eisen, (Japanese 1790-1848), No. 13 View of the Tori-kawa River at Kuragano Station, From the Series Kisokaido, and Autumn Moon over Atago Hill (Atagosan no aki no tsuki), rom the series Eight Views of Edo
Estimate: $500 - $700
6: Toshu Shogetsu, (Japanese ac. 1870-1900), Illustration of the Generals under Imperial Proclamation [at the Court] of the Eighth Generation of the Old Tokugawa: A Triptych
Estimate: $100 - $200
7: Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige, (Japanese 1797-1858), Twelve Prints from the Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces, Each oban tate-e, Each approximately: 14 x 9-1/2 in (356 x 241 mm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
8: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese 1797-1858), Various Series: Seven Prints, each oban yoko-e
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
9: Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige, (Japanese 1797-1858), Three Fan Prints (uchiwa-e), Each an aiban yoko-e, circa 1840-1850s, Each approximately: 9 x 12 in (229 x 305 mm)
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
10: Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese 1797-1858), Seven Prints from Various Series, Three oban tate-e and four oban yoko-e
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
11: Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige, (Japanese 1797-1858), No. 30 Winter Desolation at Hamamatsu (Hamamatsu Fuyugare no zu-Hoeido Tokaido) and No. 19 Ejiri: Distant View of the Harbor at Shimizu: Two Prints
Estimate: $300 - $500
12: Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige, (Japanese 1797-1858), No. 10 Odawara, No. 28 Fukuroi (Poem Series), No. 30 Hamamatsu and No. 34 Futagawa (Futakawa): Four Prints
Estimate: $300 - $500
13: Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige, (Japanese 1797-1858), Various Views of Edo: Four Prints, First, aiban tate-e; and the last three oban tate-e, Largest sheet size: 9-3/4 x 14-3/4 in (248 x 375 mm)
Estimate: $500 - $1,000
14: Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (1797-1858) and Utagawa Yoshitsuya (1822-1866), No. 12 Mishima from the Fifty-three Parallels for the Tokaido Road and Station Yoshiwara with Shogunal Procession: Two Prints
Estimate: $200 - $300
15: Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige I, II, III, (Japanese 1797-1894), Scenes from Edo, Tokaido Road and Other Views: Five Prints, Each oban tate-e, Largest sheet size approximately: 14-1/2 x 9-1/4 in (368 x 235 mm)
Estimate: $500 - $1,000
16: Katsushika Hokusai, (Japanese 1760-1849), No. 20 Poems by Motoyoshi and by Dainagon, each from the Series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki): Two Prints, Each oban yoko-e
Estimate: $500 - $1,000
17: Keisai Eisen (1790–1848), Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (1786–1864), Utagawa Kunimori II (1848-1860) and Other Ukiyo-e Artists , Kabuki Actors and Landscapes: Eight Prints, Five a chuban and three a diptych
Estimate: $100 - $200
18: Various Ukiyo-e Artists, 19th-20th Century, Various Scenes: Six Prints, Five oban tate-e or otanzakuban and one chuban, Largest sheet size: 15-1/4 x 10-1/8 in (387 x 257 mm)
Estimate: $200 - $400
19: After Toshiusai Sharaku, (Japanese ac. 1790-1795), Actors: Five Prints, Each oban tate-e with mica backgrounds, Each approximately: 15 x 10 in (381 x 254 mm)
Estimate: $200 - $300
20: Various Ukiyo-e Artists, 19th Century, Various Portraits and Scenes: Six Prints, Four oban tate-e and two oban yoko-e, Largest sheet size: 15 x 10 in (381 x 254 mm)
Estimate: $200 - $400
21: Toyohara Kunichika, (Japanese 1835-1900), Geisha and Her Two Servants and the Kabuki Actor Sukeroku: Two Prints, Each oban tate-e, Each approximately: 14 x 9-1/2 in (356 x 241 mm)
Estimate: $200 - $300
22: Mizuno Toshikata, (Japanese 1866-1908), 15th Empress Jingu Receives Envoys from Korea, from the series Illustrated History of Japan, 1885 and Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (1786-1864), Kabuki Actors:Two Triptych Prints
Estimate: $300 - $500
23: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, (Japanese 1839-1892), Mt. Atowa Moon from the One-Hundred Aspects of the Moon, Postal News, Sensational Events and Models Deserving Emulation: Three Prints, Each oban tate-e
Estimate: $400 - $600
24: Utagawa Yoshitora, (Japanese ac. 1850-1880), Prince Arisugawa Taruhito in a Veranda Receiving His Troops and Autumn Foliage at the New Imperial Palace by an unknown artist: Two Triptych Prints
Estimate: $200 - $400
25: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, (Japanese 1839–1892), From the One-Hundred Aspects of the Moon and from the New Selection of Thirty-six Apparitions: Two Prints, Each oban tate-e, Each approximately: 14 x 9-1/2 in (356 x 241 mm)
Estimate: $300 - $500
26: Various Japanese Meiji-Showa Period Artists, Late 19th-20th Century, Five Textile Design Prints and Four Ancient Customs in Japan: Nine Prints, Various obans, The first four sheet size: 14-1/2 x 10-1/8 in (368 x 257 mm)
Estimate: $100 - $200
27: Toyohara Chikanobu, (Japanese 1838-1912), Bijin-e from the series Mirror of the Ages, from the album Ladies of the Tokugawa Period and Beauty and Nigengin from the series Life of Women in Azuma: Three Prints
Estimate: $300 - $500
28: Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), (Japanese 1786-1864), Kabuki Actors: Three Diptychs Prints, Largest sheet size approximately: 14-3/4 x 10 in (375 x 254 mm)
Estimate: $300 - $500
29: Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) and Utagawa Yoshikazu (ac. 1850-1870), Shogun Roof Top Skirmish and Shogun Victory Ceremony Scene: Two Triptych Prints
Estimate: $300 - $500
30: Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), (Japanese 1786-1864), Kabuki Actors: Two Triptychs Prints, Larger sheet size approximately: 13-3/4 x 9-1/2 in (350 x 241 mm)
Estimate: $300 - $500
31: Katsukawa Shunsho, (Japanese 1726-1793), Kabuki Actors: Two Prints, First, aiban tate-e and the second, oban tate-e, Second sheet size: 13-1/2 x 9-1/8 in (343 x 232 mm)
Estimate: $500 - $700
32: Various Ukiyo-e Artists, 19th Century, Kabuki Actors: Five Prints, Each various size obans, Largest sight size: 14-1/2 x 9-1/2 in (368 x 241 mm)
Estimate: $200 - $300
33: Adachi Ginko (1853-1908) and Anonymous Artist, Late 19th-Early 20th Century, Artillery Capitan Nezu and First Lieutenant Iida in High Seas and Rescue After a Naval Battle: Two Triptychs Prints
Estimate: $300 - $500
34: Utagawa Sadahide, (Japanese 1807-1873), Todos Mountain in Onomiani and Minato River From the series Famous Views of the Western Provinces (Saigoku meisho no uchi): Two Prints, Each oban tate-e, Sheet size: 13-5/8 x 9-1/4
Estimate: $200 - $400
35: Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada) (1786-1864) and Utagawa Kuniyasu (1794-1832), Scenes in Kyoto: Four Prints, Two oban tate-e and two a chuban, Largest sheet size: 14-1/4 x 9-3/4 in (362 x 248 mm)
Estimate: $300 - $500
36: Utagawa Toykuni I, (Japanese 1769-1825), Kabuki Actors: Three Prints, Each oban yoko-e, Largest sheet size: 9 x 14-1/4 in (229 x 362 mm)
Estimate: $300 - $500
37: Utagawa Toyokuni I and II, (Japanese 1769-1835), Kabuki Actors as Samurai and a Beauty: Three Prints, Each oban tate-e, Largest sheet size: 14-3/4 x 9-3/4 in (375 x 248 mm)
Estimate: $300 - $500
38: Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada), (Japanese 1786-1864), Kabuki Actors: Four Prints, Each oban tate-e, Largest sheet size: 14-3/4 x 9-3/4 in (375 x 248 mm)
Estimate: $500 - $700
39: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, (Japanese 1798-1861), Actors: Seven Prints, Each oban tate-e, Sheet size approximately: 14-1/4 x 9-3/4 in (362 x 248 mm)
Estimate: $500 - $1,000
40: Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912) and Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), Shogun Hunting Boar at Koganahara and Two Actors as Fighting Shoguns: Two Triptych Prints, Each oban tate-e, Sheet size of larger: 14-1/2 x 9-1/4 in (368
Estimate: $300 - $500
41: Various Japanese Ukiyo-e and Modern Artists, 19th-20th Century, Various Scenes: Four Prints, Each oban tate-e, Largest sheet size: 14 x 9-1/4 in (356 x 235 mm)
Estimate: $200 - $400
42: Watanabe Nobukazu, (Japanese 1874-1944), Tea Ceremony and Beauties Playing Music: Two Triptych Prints, Each sheet sight size: 14 x 9-1/4 in (356 x 235 mm)
Estimate: $300 - $500
43: Ogata Gekko, (Japanese 1859-1920), Morning Glories at Iriya, Tokyo from the series Popular Spots with the Flowers and Beauties, Each sheet size approximately: 14 x 9-1/4 in (356 x 235 mm)
Estimate: $200 - $300
44: Tanaka Ryohei, (Japanese 1933-2019), Summer Day No. 5, Etching and Aquatint, Sheet size: 12-1/4 x 13 in (311 x 330 mm); Plate size: 8-1/4 x 9-1/4 in (210 x 235 mm)
Estimate: $200 - $300
45: Tanaka Ryohei, (Japanese 1933-2019), Grove of a Local Shrine, Etching and aquatint, Sight size: 19-1/4 x 11-3/4 in (489 x 299 mm)
Estimate: $200 - $300
46: Akira Kurosaki, (Japanese b. 1937), Fantastic Sea (a) and Thumbs: Two Prints, The first dai-oban tate-e and the second aiban yoko-e, Larger: 18 x 12-1/8 in (457 x 308 mm)
Estimate: $300 - $500
47: Akira Kurosaki, (Japanese b. 1937), Premonition A, Large arched dai-oban yoko-e, Sheet size: 23-5/8 x 31-5/8 in (600 x 803 mm); Image size: 19-3/4 x 27-5/8 in (502 x 702 mm)
Estimate: $200 - $400
48: Akira Kurosaki, (Japanese b. 1937), Lunar Eclipse, Deep Sky and Taurus from the series Zodiac: Three Prints, Each large dai-oban tate-e, Sheet size of second: 22 x 16-3/4 in (559 x 425)
Estimate: $300 - $500
49: Makoto Ouchi, (Japanese 1926-1989), "Kabuki", Etching and aquatint in colors, Sight size: 28-1/4 x 22-3/4 in (718 x 578 mm)
Estimate: $200 - $300
50: Katsunori Hamanishi, (Japanese b. 1949), Ceremony, Mezzotint in two colors, Sheet size: 21-3/8 x 34 in (543 x 864 mm); Image size: 17-3/4 x 30 in (451 x 762 mm)
Estimate: $200 - $400
51: Rakuzan Tsuchiya, (Japanese 1896-1976), Nature Prints from Rakuzan Kacho-e Gafo: Two Prints, Each oban tate-e, Larger: 10-1/2 x 15-3/4 in (267 x 400 mm)
Estimate: $100 - $200
52: Shoichi Hasegawa, (Japanese b. 1929), Rising Sun, Etching and aquatint in colors, Sight size: 25 x 21 in (635 x 533 mm)
Estimate: $200 - $300
53: Various Japanese Modern Artists , Four Prints, Various formats, Largest sheet size: 18 x 23-3/4 in (457 x 603 mm); Plate size: 15 x 22-1/2 in (381 x 572 mm).
Estimate: $300 - $500
54: Haku Maki, (Japanese 1924-2000), Work 74-60 (Mind), 76-25 and Wan-44: Three Prints, Each an embossed shikishiban, Largest sheet size: 21-3/4 x 16 in (552 x 406 mm); Plate size: 20-1/4 x 14-3/8 in (356 x 365 mm)
Estimate: $200 - $300
55: Tadashi Nakayama, (Japanese 1927-2014), Woman, Woodblock in colors, Sheet size: 27-3/8 x 19-1/4 in (695 x 489 mm); Sight size: 24 x 15-1/4 in (610 x 387 mm)
Estimate: $200 - $400
56: Kiyoshi Saito, (Japanese 1907-1997), Female Bunraku Puppet and Profile of a Woman Contemplating: Two Prints, Each dai-oban tate-e, Sheet size: 17 x 11-1/4 in (432 x 286 mm)
Estimate: $400 - $600
57: Kiyoshi Saito, (Japanese 1907-1997), Children of Aizu, Dai-oban tate-e, Sheet size: 17 x 11 in (432 x 279 mm)
Estimate: $300 - $400
58: Ota Masamitsu, (Japanese 1892-1975), Kabuki Actors Tokizo Nakamura III as Shizuka Gozen and Koshiro Matsumoto VIII as Matsu-o in Kuruma-biki From the series Gendai Butai Geika: Two Prints, Each a dai-oban tate-e, Each sh
Estimate: $400 - $600
59: Shiro Kasamatsu, (Japanese 1898-1991), Summer Rain at Kinokunizaka and Misty Morning in a Shrine Entrance: Two Prints, Each a dai-oban tate-e, Larger sheet size: 15-1/2 x 10-1/2 in (393 x 267 mm)
Estimate: $300 - $500
60: Kiyoshi Saito, (Japanese 1907-1997), Village Scene, Dai-oban yoko-e, Sheet size: 11-1/2 x 17-1/4 in (292 x 438 mm)
Estimate: $400 - $600
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$0-500,000: 26.0%
$500,001-1,000,000: 22.0%
$1,000,001+: 17.0%
From: | To: | Increments: |
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$0 | $99 | $5 |
$100 | $499 | $25 |
$500 | $999 | $50 |
$1,000 | $1,999 | $100 |
$2,000 | $4,999 | $200 |
$5,000 | $9,999 | $500 |
$10,000 | $24,999 | $1,000 |
$25,000 | $49,999 | $2,500 |
$50,000 | $99,999 | $5,000 |
$100,000 | $199,999 | $10,000 |
$200,000 | $499,999 | $25,000 |
$500,000 + | $50,000 |
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The purchaser acknowledges that if they use any Weschler's staff members to assist in moving, packing, or loading purchases, Weschler's will not be held liable for any damages that may occur.
Maryland Sales Tax is computed on the total purchase price, including Buyer's Premium. The purchaser will be required to pay the Sales Tax unless: (i) the property purchased is for resale and a valid Resale Tax number is presented to Weschler's business office at the time of payment, and the sales price is $200 or more; or (ii) the property is being shipped to a buyer located outside the state of Maryland by an ICC/USDOT licensed shipper/carrier.
Per our Terms of Sale, all property must be removed from our premises within four (4) business days post-sale from a Metro Timed Auction or ten (10) business days post-sale from a Capital Collections Auction.
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Taxes on your purchase: Maryland Sales Tax is computed on the total purchase price. The purchaser will be required to pay the Sales Tax unless: (i) the property purchased is for resale and a valid Resale Tax number is presented to Weschler's business office at the time of payment, and the sales price is $200 or more; (ii) the sales price of precious metal bullion or coins is greater than $1000; or (iii) the property is being shipped to a buyer located outside the state of Maryland by an ICC/USDOT licensed shipper/carrier. On any cash transactions or series of transactions exceeding $10,000, Treasury Form Treasury Form 8300 will be filed.
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