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Lot 65
A Group of Three Japanese Woodblock Prints and Book on Utamaro
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Includes two small portrait woodblock prints (Frame dimensions 13 3/8 x 8 in.)(good condition), a woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) of Miyuki chapter of "The Tale of Genji" (Frame dimensions 16 1/2 x 12 in.)(a slight horizontal crease to the center and purple coloring along the crease), another woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada that features Genji from chapter 20, "Morning Glory (Asagao)" of The Tale of Genji (Frame dimensions 21 1/4 x 16 1/4 in.)(fading to color), and a book, Lubor Hajek. UTAMARO: PORTRAITS IN THE JAPANESE WOODCUT. London: Spring Books, [ca. 1959]. String-bound paperback in illustrated wraps, loose in folding cloth-covered slipcase with gilt title and wood and string closure. 10 3/8 x 8 in.; 85pp. plus 58 color plates (staining to slipcase, tears to cloth; sturdy binding with light creasing to wraps; interior with light staining and toning, some corners folded. Very good in good slipcase.)

From the Collection of David Warren, Washington, D.C. and Sarasota, Florida

The woodblock prints have not been examined outside of their frames.