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Bonhams: A Private Collection of Japanese Prints and Watercolors

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Auction Name A Private Collection of Japanese Prints and Watercolors Total Sales (USD) 2,274,860.00
Auction Date September 18, 2024 - September 18, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,699,000.00
Sale Number #30062 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,250,000.00
Total Lots 17
Sold Lots 13 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,828,000.00
% of Lots Sold 76.47% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,410,000.00
Unsold Lots 4 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 94.39%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
506 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

An oban yoko-e print entitled Kanagawa-oki nami-ura (Under the Wave off Kanagawa), from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei (36 Views of Mount Fuji),

circa 1830-1831 USD 700,000.00 - 900,000.00 USD 889,500.00
504 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

The complete series of oban tate-e prints entitled Shokoku taki meguri (A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces),

circa 1832 USD 450,000.00 - 550,000.00 USD 508,500.00
502 KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)

An oban tate-e woodblock print titled Tamaya no uchi Hanamurasaki, Sekiya, Teriya (Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya, [kamuro] Seiya, Teriya), from the series Seiro nana komachi (Seven Komachi of the Pleasure Quarters)

circa 1790 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 191,000.00
501 KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806)

An oban tate-e woodblock print titled Ogiya no uchi Takigawa, Otokonami, Onnanami (Takigawa of the Ogiya, [kamuro] Otokonami, Onnanami), from the series Seiro nana Komachi (Seven Komachi of the Pleasure Quarters),

circa 1794-1795 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 152,900.00
505 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

An oban yoko-e print entitled Sanka haku-u (White Rain Below the Mountain), from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei (36 Views of Mount Fuji), depicting the mountain,

circa 1830-1831 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 121,150.00
503 TOSHUSAI SHARAKU (ACTIVE 1794-1795)

An oban tate-e woodblock print depicting the actor Nakayama Tomisaburo I in the role of Miyagino from the play Katakiuchi Noriaibanashi, signed Toshusai Sharaku ga,

1794 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 95,750.00
507 ITO SHINSUI (1898-1972)

A large woodblock print titled Taikyo (Before the Mirror), signed Shinsui and sealed Tatsumi, and sealed Watanabe,

1916 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 76,700.00
508 KOBAYAKAWA KIYOSHI (1896-1948)

A large woodblock print with mica pigment titled Ichi, Horoyoi (No. 1, Tipsy), the first print in the series Kindai jiseiso (Fashions of the Modern World),

1930 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 57,600.00
511 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

A large watercolor on paper titled Shiba koen no yuki (Snow at Shiba Park, Tokyo), depicting a man approaching the shrine gate in the falling snow

circa 1931 USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 51,200.00
510 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

A large watercolor on paper titled []rai, Ushibori depicting a ferry boat in the rain with passengers under umbrellas, signed in ink Hasui and sealed Hangado

circa 1930 USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD 38,400.00
512 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

A watercolor on paper titled Suruga Okitsu-cho (Okitsu-cho in Suruga Province)

circa 1934 USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 32,000.00
513 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

A watercolor on paper titled Akita Oga hanto Kojaku no iwaya (Peacock Cave on the Oga Peninsula, Akita Province), signed and sealed Hasui and dated Showa juichinen nigatsu saku (Made in February, 1937)

1937 USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 32,000.00
509 KAWASE HASUI (1883-1957)

A watercolor on paper titled Osaka, Dojima no yoru (Evening at Dojima, Osaka),

1927 USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 28,160.00
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