Saturday, June 25, 2022
LOT #178

Japanese Woodblock Print Assortment

(6) items, all having printed signatures and chop seals, each depicting portraits of geisha engaged in various activities; mounted to boards, behind glass in dark tone wood frames

Estimate: $100 - $200

Hammer Price: $200

Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1965-2000

Dimensions: Height: 14 inches, Width: 9 1/2 inches (sight, geisha with back turned (same sizes)); Frame Height: 21 inches, Frame Width: 15 3/4 inches

Condition: Good to Fair, overall moderate wear; light to moderate toning and foxing overall; (4) prints having few small holes in paper, mostly near edges; a print shifted in its frame; light dirt accumulation to prints and outside of glass; light wear to frames

Disclaimers: not examined outside of frames; please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present

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Sales Tax: California (7.250%), Florida (6.000%), Georgia (8.500%), Kansas (6.500%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6.000%), Washington (10.500%)

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