278: KITAKOKA AND KASAMATSU MODERN JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS

1) Fumio Kitaoka (Japan, 1918-2007) Fishing Boat and Green Crow (1964). The color woodblock print, numbered 106 in an edition of 210 prints, is signed in pencil by the artist lower right and titled lower center.

2) Shiro Kasamatsu (Japan, 1898-1991) Tide - Shiodoki (1964). The color woodblock from an edition of 100 prints is signed within the image lower right.
The fish prints sight size is 14.5 x 9.25 with a framed size of 18.5 x 13.75 inches. The boat image is 15.5 x 21.5 with a framed size of 20 x 25.25 inches.
Apparently the condition is very good, very clean, intact, no visible stain, damage, repair, punctures or tears. This work has not been examined outside the frame.
Provenance: The estate of James M. Ray, former director of the Albrecht Art Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri,
$300 - $500