Dec 5, 2024 11:00 EST
Fine Art & Photographs
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Lacquer albums of Japanese photographs
[JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY]
Four albums of commercially produced hand-colored photographs of Japan. Likely Tokyo: 1890s. Three oblong lacquer bindings backed with leather; one with cardboard sides (perhaps once with lacquer plaques) backed with leather. 10 3/4 x 14 inches (27.5 x 35 cm); with a total of approximately 184 large (approximately 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches) and 44 small-format images, almost all hand-colored, affixed to card (most images identified in the plate, some of the small-format works identified in ink on the mounts, which are affixed in the gutter to cloth guards. The leather spines somewhat defective, losses to the inlays on the lacquer, but internally generally a very clean group of images.
The images in these albums were almost certainly collected by a visitor to Japan, based on some of the ink captions. The majority of the images are likely by Japanese photographers. The albums can be dated to some extent by the presence of the plate "Execution of the Namoa Pirates Which Took Place on 11th May 1891 at Kowloon City China," the date of which provides a terminus ad quo. The majority of the images are landscapes and structures, but there are some very fine occupationals, bathhouse scenes etc.
Sold for $4,480
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500
Includes Buyer's Premium
[JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY]
Four albums of commercially produced hand-colored photographs of Japan. Likely Tokyo: 1890s. Three oblong lacquer bindings backed with leather; one with cardboard sides (perhaps once with lacquer plaques) backed with leather. 10 3/4 x 14 inches (27.5 x 35 cm); with a total of approximately 184 large (approximately 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches) and 44 small-format images, almost all hand-colored, affixed to card (most images identified in the plate, some of the small-format works identified in ink on the mounts, which are affixed in the gutter to cloth guards. The leather spines somewhat defective, losses to the inlays on the lacquer, but internally generally a very clean group of images.
The images in these albums were almost certainly collected by a visitor to Japan, based on some of the ink captions. The majority of the images are likely by Japanese photographers. The albums can be dated to some extent by the presence of the plate "Execution of the Namoa Pirates Which Took Place on 11th May 1891 at Kowloon City China," the date of which provides a terminus ad quo. The majority of the images are landscapes and structures, but there are some very fine occupationals, bathhouse scenes etc.
Auction: Fine Art & Photographs, Dec 5, 2024
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Successful Auction of Fine Art on December 5, 2024
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Works Spanning the Post-War Years to the Present Day by Established and Emerging Artists
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Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions
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We Invite You to Contact Us for a Complimentary Auction Evaluation of Your Fine Art
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle held a successful sale in the popular Fine Art auction category on December 5, 2024. Showcased were paintings, prints and sculpture spanning the Post-War years to the present day by established and emerging artists.
Jamini Roy's Black Horse was a highlight of the sale receiving multiple bids internationally and selling for $8,960 against an estimate of $5,000-7,000. A wonderful example of artist's practice of blending Bengali patachitra paintings with flattened modernist elements, Roy's work has received new acclaim in recent years for ushering a unique identify for Indian art in modernist era. Declared a national treasure under Indian law, collectors are increasingly vying to acquire a work by him on the international art market.
Robert Moore Kulicke was a renaissance man with a deep understanding of the history of art and a reverence for the art of his own time. He was a master frame-maker, designing frames for Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell, and MoMA, as well as making period frames for works by Giotto and Leonardo da Vinci. Kulicke was also a renowned goldsmith who excelled in the art of cloisonné. And of course, he was a painter. His still lifes evoke Morandi with their quiet solitude and Manet with jewel-like colors set against rich greys. These qualities are on full display in Wildflowers in a Glass Jar with Fallen Blossom, which sold for $12,160 more than doubling its estimate of $3,000-5,000.
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