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Lot 128

A Group of Four Prints ( Jetty , 1965; Walnut, 1982; Knitting Needle, 1985; and Almost Symmetric, 1994)

Lot 128

A Group of Four Prints (Jetty, 1965; Walnut, 1982; Knitting Needle, 1985; and Almost Symmetric, 1994)

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Estimate$1,500 – $2,500

Status

Closed

Yozo Hamaguchi

(Japanese, 1909–2000)

A Group of Four Prints (Jetty, 1965; Walnut, 1982; Knitting Needle, 1985; and Almost Symmetric, 1994)

mezzotints

each signed and numbered in pencil

Largest: 9 1/4 x 21 1/2 inches.

Each unframed.

Jetty, 1965
signed and numbered 25/50 in pencil
11 x 11 inches.
sheet: 20 7/8 x 14 7/8 inches.
Condition: Uneven toning to sheet especially to edges; waving; skinning to paper in two places within upper margin verso likely from tape with corresponding discoloration to sheet recto; small scuff visible in raking light withing upper sky; pinpoint holes in upper left and lower right corners of image.

Walnut, 1982
signed and numbered 10/150 in pencil
3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches.
sheet: 14 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches.
Condition: Instances of surface dust and dirt to sheet; loss and rubbing along lower edge recto; rippling along upper edge; overall in good and stable condition.

Knitting Needle, 1985
signed and numbered 21/150 in pencil
9 1/4 x 21 1/2 inches.
sheet: 20 1/8 x 30 inches.
Condition: Minor instances of surface dust; some waving to sheet; soft handling creases at lower left and right edges; overall in good and stable condition.

Almost Symmetric, 1994
signed andn numbered 16/30 in pencil
10 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches.
sheet: 20 1/2 x 26 5/8 inches.
Condition: Minor instances of surface dust; overall in good and stable condition.

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Monica Brown

Managing Director, Vice President, Fine Art, Head of Department, Prints and Multiples

[email protected]303.825.1855

Ms. Brown rejoined the firm in 2019 as a senior specialist in the Fine Art department, where she has been the resident expert and Head of Sale for Prints and Multiples. She has over 17 years of art-market experience, most recently as founder of Monica Brown Fine Art. In addition to working for renowned auction houses, she has extensive knowledge in over five centuries of works on paper from her tenure at the Newberry Library in Chicago, and eight years of experience with one of London’s leading dealers of Pop Art editions.

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