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3022 (part lot) PROPERTY FROM A PACIFIC
NORTHWEST GENTLEMAN BY DESCENT
3023 (part lot)
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20 | BONHAMS JUNICHIRO SEKINO (1914-1988)
Two oversize woodblock prints
(sosaku hanga)
The first entitled Ningyo-shi no zo (Doll
Maker), 1956 (originally issued 1949), signed
in white ink Jun. Sekino, numbered 21/50,
sealed Jun; the second Shiroi niwatori (White
Rooster), 1957, signed in white ink Junichiro
Sekino, numbered 32/100, sealed, with
impressed stamp self-carved self-printed
Jun’ichiro Sekino - very good impressions
and color, the first lightly toned, minor
wrinkles along the edges, minor losses to
the right edge and minor tape residue to
the reverse, the second with minor wrinkles
along the edges, pencil notation to reverse
lower right corner
32 1/8 x 25 7/8in (81.5 x 65.8cm)
28 3/8 x 22in (72 x 56cm)
$800 - 1,200

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JUNICHIRO SEKINO (1914-1988)
Four oversize woodblock prints
(sosaku hanga)
Three signed Jun. Sekino in white ink or
pencil, comprising: Hana to nyuu youku
(Flowers and New York), 1960, numbered
30/100; Monmarutoru no ame (Rain at
Monmartre), 1959, numbered 3/100,
impressed with self-carved and self-printed
seal; Monmaruto no kirisuto (Christ at
Monmartre), 1959, numbered 18/100; the last
of a Bungaku performance, signed Junichiro
Sekino in white ink, 1965, numbered 47/100 -
very good impressions and color
24 7/8 x 36 1/2in (63.2 x 93cm)
28 1/4 x 21 3/4in (71.6 x 55.1cm)
27 x 24 3/4in (68.5 x 63cm)
22 5/8 x 28 1/2in (57.5 x 72.3cm)
$800 - 1,200