Christie’s New York’s live auction of Japanese and Korean art during Asia Week 2024 will be led by Hokusai Katsushika’s famous woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa and the rare brush-painted Swimming Carp.We present to you an important European private collection of netsuke, a rare Joseon period blue and white jar decorated with poetry, Park Su-geun's oil painting "Wandering Children", 16th century lacquerware, and knife sets from an American private collection.

"New Wave: Modern Japanese Prints" Online AuctionThe exhibition will feature the rarely seen early works by Hiroshi Yoshida, “Sailboat” and Hasui Kawase’s “Shiba Zojoji Temple”, as well as other wonderful works by Fukami Ito and Shiko Munakata.

The auction preview begins on September 11 and runs through September 24. During the preview period, visitors can visit Christie’s New York from September 13 to 16 for a preview, and the auction will take place on September 17 at Christie’s New York’s 20 Rockefeller Plaza.

Featured Lots

Japanese and Korean Art September 17th   

Lot 105

Inoue Yuichi (1916-1985)

"drink"

Ink on paper, framed

120 x 189.9 cm. (without frame)

Attached is the certificate of the Inoue Yuichi Foundation, work CR63124a

Estimate: US$50,000 - 70,000

Lot 152

An Important European Private Collection

Wood carving of rain dragon

Edo period (18th century)

Height 7.9 cm.

The original prototype of this netsuke is included in the seventh volume of "Zouken Kisho"

Estimate: US$5,000 - 7,000

Lot No. 197

Iron Crow

"Ming Zhen Zongchun"

Edo period (19th century)

Length 41 cm.

Estimate: US$ 20,000 - 30,000

Lot No. 227

An Important Japanese Private Collection

Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849)

The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Horizontal width: 25.7 x 38.1 cm.

Estimate: US$500,000 - 700,000

Lot No. 259

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Ohashi Ataka Sudden Rain

Size: 36.2 x 23.8 cm.

Estimate: US$ 40,000 - 60,000

Lot No. 266

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861)

"The Family of Sanuki-in Rescues Tameyoshi"

Three sets of Tsudaban: each 36.8 x 25.1 cm.

Estimate: US$ 20,000 - 30,000

Lot No. 281

Celadon plum vase

Goryeo Dynasty (12th century)

Height 25.4 cm.

Estimate: US$8,000 - 12,000

Lot No. 282

Landscape Poetry Blue and White Jar

Joseon Dynasty (18th century)

Height 36.8 cm.

Estimate: US$ 350,000 - 400,000

Lot No. 283

Mother-of-pearl lacquer arabesque diamond-shaped low table

Joseon Dynasty (17th century)

27.6 x 59.4 x 19.7 cm.

Estimate: US$25,000 - 35,000

Lot No. 287

Park Soo-geun (1914-1965)

"Wandering Child"

Painted in 1960

35.2 x 25.1 cm. (with frame)

Estimate: US$ 250,000 - 350,000

source:

Linwood L. Reed (1930-2017) purchased it in 1961 while staying at the Bando Hotel in Seoul, and it has since been passed down in his family;

Purchased from above

New Waves: Contemporary Japanese Prints 11-24 September

Lot No. 22

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

Shiba Zojoji Temple

Vertical size: 38.7 x 25.9 cm.

Estimate: US$ 10,000 - 15,000

Lot 67

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Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950)

"sailboat"

Vertical size: 47.9 x 36.2 cm.

Executed around 1921

Estimate: US$ 20,000 - 30,000

Auction Schedule

Japanese and Korean Art

September 17, 10:00 am (New York time, the same below)

New Wave: Modern Japanese Prints Online Auction

September 11-24

Preview time

September 13-16

Live Auction and Preview Location

Christie's New York

20 Rockefeller Plaza

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