Lot 138
Lot 138
Three woodblock prints

Kawase Hasui (1883–1957)

Price Realised GBP 1,750
Estimate
GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,800
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Three woodblock prints

Kawase Hasui (1883–1957)

Price Realised GBP 1,750
Price Realised GBP 1,750
Details
FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION

Kawase Hasui (1883–1957)
Three woodblock prints comprising:

Magome no tsuki [Moon at Magome], from the series Tokyo nijukei [Twenty Views of Tokyo], signed in pencil in roman script Hasui Kawase, titled in pencil Moon at Magame, near Omori, titled in Japanese as above and dated in Japanese Showa gonen saku [made in Showa 5 (1930)], published by Watanabe Shozaburo, framed and glazed

Fuyu no tsuki (Toyamagahara) [Winter Moon at Toyamagahara], signed in Japanese Hasui and sealed sui, titled as above in lower right margin and dated Showa rokunen juni gatsu saku [made in December Showa 6 (1931)], published by Doi Sadakazu, framed and glazed

Haru no tsuki (Ninomiya kaigan) [Spring Moon at Ninomiya Beach], signed in Japanese Hasui and sealed sui, titled as above in lower right margin and dated Showa shichinen saku [made in 1931], framed and glazed
Each 55.2 x 41.9cm. (including frames)
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For another impression of the third in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, see www.mfa.org accession number 49.704.

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