[JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY]
BRINKLEY, FRANK (editor). Japan, Described and Illustrated by the Japanese... Boston/Tokyo: J.B. Millet Co., [1897-8]. The Yedo edition, limited to 1,000 copies, of which this is copy 25 (numerical label on the paste-down of volume I). 10 volumes, original decorated silk covers with bevelled edges, spines sewn in the Japanese manner. 15 5/8 x 12 1/2 inches (40 x 31 cm); 382 pp. text, with 10 color collotype frontispieces of flowers by Kazumasa Ogawa, 30 original hand-colored albumen photographs by Tamamura Kozaburo mounted with printed tissue guards, numerous halftone photographic illustrations. Some wear to the bindings but overall sound, overall an attractive set, internally fresh.
Please note that this set has the full ten volumes; only four are illustrated here, but all are present.
Sold for $512
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Includes Buyer's Premium
[JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY]
BRINKLEY, FRANK (editor). Japan, Described and Illustrated by the Japanese... Boston/Tokyo: J.B. Millet Co., [1897-8]. The Yedo edition, limited to 1,000 copies, of which this is copy 25 (numerical label on the paste-down of volume I). 10 volumes, original decorated silk covers with bevelled edges, spines sewn in the Japanese manner. 15 5/8 x 12 1/2 inches (40 x 31 cm); 382 pp. text, with 10 color collotype frontispieces of flowers by Kazumasa Ogawa, 30 original hand-colored albumen photographs by Tamamura Kozaburo mounted with printed tissue guards, numerous halftone photographic illustrations. Some wear to the bindings but overall sound, overall an attractive set, internally fresh.
Please note that this set has the full ten volumes; only four are illustrated here, but all are present.
Auction: Fine Art & Photographs, Dec 5, 2024
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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