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Calligraphy Abstract Panorama III - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Calligraphy Abstract Panorama III - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper Landscape and Calligraphy on
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Rice Paper

Calligraphy Abstract Panorama II - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Calligraphy Abstract Panorama II - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper Landscape and Calligraphy on
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Rice Paper

Calligraphy Abstract Panorama IV - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Calligraphy Abstract Panorama IV - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper Landscape and Calligraphy on
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Rice Paper

Calligraphy Abstract Panorama I - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Calligraphy Abstract Panorama I - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper Landscape and Calligraphy on
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Rice Paper

Japanese by Cecil Beaton (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Cecil Beaton brings all his skills to bear in this charming tribute to Japan, it's customs, people
Category

20th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Japanese by Cecil Beaton (Book)
Japanese by Cecil Beaton (Book)
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H 11.25 in W 8.75 in D 0.75 in
Calligraphy Web Abstract on Reclaimed Copper
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
“Artist Book Show,” Gusto Gallery, Osaka, Japan 1999 “15th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Copper

Japanese Porcelain Fukugawa Japanese Village Scene Plate, 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
mountain and stream mark. Similar dishes are pictured in: Japanese Porcelain, 1800-1950 (Schiffer Book for
Category

20th Century Japanese Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

Lovely Pair Nihonga Scene Edo Period Scroll Japan Artist Matsumura Keibun Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
works in rice field and each unique taste.
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Chinese Old Bamboo Slips with Calligraphy Jiandu, 59 Piece Collection
Located in South Burlington, VT
one-of-a-kind slips with painted and applied hand calligraphy appeals to book lovers and antiquity
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Antique Japanese Ink Hanging Scroll Nakabayashi Chikuto Edo Period
By Hidaka Tetsuo
Located in Atlanta, GA
Blossom Under a Misty Moon", the artist was Japanese painter Nakabayashi Chikuto (1776-1853), accompanied
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brocade, Wood, Paper

Cherry Blossoms Showa Period Scroll Japan 20c Artist Mataichiro Isoda Nihonga st
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Name Kakejiku Calligraphy Kikuzu Paper Book Coloring Inscription (Shizushiro) Size Axis: 195 cm in
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Japanese Modernist Sculptor Woodblock (Woodcut) Monotype (Monoprint) Print
By Yasuhide Kobashi
Located in Surfside, FL
Independent Artists and exhibited regularly with them. He is included in the book JAPANESE SCULPTORS: Isamu
Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype, Woodcut

Japanese Painting Meiji Scroll Taizo Tae Nihonga New Year's Day, 1903
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
create paintings and calligraphy. ■Silk book, handpainted ■Condition:   There is discoloration due to
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Antique Early 1900s Edo Paintings

Materials

Silk

"Ikebana, " Mixed Media Kite
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
, paintings, scrolls, drawings, metal leaf, bleeding paper, book pages, or anything with a story to tell. In
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Fabric, Silk, Wood

"Repose" Collage by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
, paintings, scrolls, drawings, metal leaf, bleeding paper, book pages, or anything with a story to tell. A
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

"Repose" Collage by Michael Thompson
"Repose" Collage by Michael Thompson
H 21.5 in W 17.5 in D 0.75 in
"Repose, " Mixed Media Collage
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
, paintings, scrolls, drawings, metal leaf, bleeding paper, book pages, or anything with a story to tell. A
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Monoprint

Crosscurrents: Masterpieces of East Asian Art from New York Private Collections
Located in valatie, NY
dust jacket and a personal note from the author. Some of the finest private collections of Japanese
Category

1990s American Books

Materials

Paper

Rare Korean Water Dropper in Doughnut Form Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ceramics in Osaka, Japan. It is illustrated in pate 111 on page 147 in the book "The Radiance of Jade and
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Korean Other Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Sumiyoshi: Dengaku dance performed during an Onda ceremony - Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Hiroshige
Located in Soquel, CA
print by Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). In this scene, two dancers with swords and fans are
Category

1830s Edo Figurative Prints

Materials

Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

First Day, First Dead - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
. China ink, acrylic on Japanese Washi Haruki paper with applied Papyrus, Plettenberg, DE. Exhibited in
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic

Poem 71-25 (Me)
By Haku Maki
Located in Fairlawn, OH
illustrations for Festive Wine, a book of ancient Japanese poems published by John Weatherhill, Inc. Haku
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Dream of Deads and Alives - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
. China ink, acrylic on Japanese Washi Haruki paper with applied Papyrus, Plettenberg, DE. Exhibited in
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic

First Couple, First Moon - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
. China ink, acrylic on Japanese Washi Haruki paper with applied Papyrus, Plettenberg, DE. Exhibited in
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic

Questioning the Dead Under Moonlight - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
in 2023. China ink, acrylic on Japanese Washi Haruki paper with applied Papyrus, Plettenberg, DE
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic

Mother Earth - Painting by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
, acrylic, and charcoal on traditional Japanese Kozo paper, with applied Papyrus, Plettenberg, DE
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic, Paper

Goddess of Invisibility, Air, and Pendulants - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Parimah Avani in 2023. China ink, acrylic, and charcoal on traditional Japanese Kozo paper, with applied
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic

Messenger of the Afterlife - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
. China ink, acrylic on Japanese Washi Haruki paper with applied Papyrus, Plettenberg, DE. Exhibited in
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic

Goddess and Pillar, Protector of Twins and the..- Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023. China ink, acrylic, and charcoal on traditional Japanese Kozo
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic

Goddess of Tears and Water - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
. China ink, acrylic, and charcoal on traditional Japanese Kozo paper, with applied Papyrus, Plettenberg
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic

Warm Field
Located in San Francisco, CA
”, Plymouth Public Library presented by Sister-City Japan Program 1998-99 Workshops of Calligraphy and sumi
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Warm Field
Warm Field
H 22.15 in W 29.35 in D 0.01 in
Goddess and Pillar of the West Sky - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
in 2023. China ink, acrylic, and mixed media on traditional Japanese Kozo paper, with applied
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic

Goddess and Pillar of the North Sky - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
in 2023. China ink, acrylic, and charcoal on traditional Japanese Kozo paper, with applied Papyrus
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic

Goddess and Pillar of the Middle East Sky - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Avani in 2023. China ink, acrylic, and charcoal on traditional Japanese Kozo paper, with applied
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic

Goddess and Pillar of Sky of Skies - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
in 2023. China ink, acrylic, and charcoal on traditional Japanese Kozo paper, with applied Papyrus
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic

Goddess and Pillar, Protector of the Dawn of... - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Poet Parimah Avani in 2023. China ink, acrylic, and charcoal on traditional Japanese Kozo paper, with
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Charcoal

Large Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Rice Paper Modernist John Von Wicht
Located in Surfside, FL
instilled in the students. The students also studied ancient art, Chinese and Japanese calligraphy, as well
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Oil, Rice Paper

Tunisian Artist signed limited edition original art print silkscreen language
Located in Miami, FL
inspired by Arabic calligraphy is remarkably innovative as the aesthetic dimension of letters brings forth
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Engraving, Screen

Lino Litho BR, Planche VI
By Pierre Alechinsky
Located in Fairlawn, OH
. While there, he discovered an interest in Asian calligraphy. He traveled to Japan in 1955 and the
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Linocut

Untitled Abstraction
By John von Wicht
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Japanese calligraphy, as well as Mathias Grünewald, Albrecht Dürer, Martin Schongauer, Hans Memling, and
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Hommage a Poliakoff, Tachiste Abstract Acrylic on Paper.
By Serge Poliakoff
Located in Cotignac, FR
Tachisme, as is Japan's Gutai group. After World War II the term School of Paris often referred to
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Bicycle Wheel
By Mike Saijo
Located in Santa Monica, CA
looking at many books and magazines and later influenced by graffiti art and Oshuji-Japanese calligraphy
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Rare Judaica Jewish Folk Art Sukkot Papercut Jerusalem Mizrach Archie Granot
By Archie Granot
Located in Surfside, FL
, handcut in calligraphic letters in his Jewish papercuts, is an integral part of his work. Many of the
Category

1980s Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Gelb-Rot-Blau-Braun, Tachiste Abstract
Located in Cotignac, FR
travelled widely and during one of his 14 visits to Japan he met and worked with Kazuo Shirage and his wife
Category

1980s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Spring 69
By Nancy Genn
Located in San Francisco, CA
paintings, bronze sculpture, printmaking, and handmade paper rooted in the Japanese washi paper making
Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Spring 69
Spring 69
H 23.75 in W 34.65 in D 0.01 in
Handmade Paper Collage Sculpture Art Assemblage with String Nancy Genn Modernist
By Nancy Genn
Located in Surfside, FL
paintings, bronze sculpture, printmaking, and handmade paper rooted in the Japanese washi paper making
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Handmade Paper

The Natural Law.
By David Jones, CH, CBE
Located in Storrs, CT
impression printed on cream japan paper. A proof aside from the published book edition of Libellus Lapidum by
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Engraving, Woodcut

Lino Litho BR, Planche IX
By Pierre Alechinsky
Located in Fairlawn, OH
. While there, he discovered an interest in Asian calligraphy. He traveled to Japan in 1955 and the
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Linocut

Rare Vintage Color C Print Photograph African Maasai Warrior Chromogenic Photo
By Carol Beckwith
Located in Surfside, FL
book "Maasai" (1980), Hand signed in pencil, dated and titled with name of sitter in margins, 19" x
Category

1970s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print

Rare Vintage Color C Print Photograph African Maasai Warrior Chromogenic Photo
By Carol Beckwith
Located in Surfside, FL
book "Maasai" (1980), Hand signed in pencil, dated and titled with name of sitter in margins, 19" x
Category

1970s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print

"Encres sur cartes de navigation & peintures de l'annee, " Litho by Alechinsky
Located in Milwaukee, WI
him to travel to the Far East. Impressed by Japanese calligraphy he produced a movie on script art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Waterloo Volunteers" From the suite "History of England"
Located in San Francisco, CA
in calligraphy. With encouragement from Edward Bawden, Clarke began refining an individual aesthetic
Category

Late 20th Century Romantic Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Inventory
Located in San Francisco, CA
. While there, he discovered an interest in Asian calligraphy. He traveled to Japan in 1955 and the
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Inventory
Inventory
H 21.35 in W 29.75 in D 0.01 in
Antique Chinese Baotou Scholar’s Rug with Confucian Pictorial Design
Located in Dallas, TX
of objects can be seen: a bundle of scrolls, a vessel containing calligraphy brushes, some ink pots
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Abstract Pastel Crayon Drawing Color Abstract, Seasonal Letter John Von Wicht
Located in Surfside, FL
ancient art, Chinese and Japanese calligraphy, as well as Mathias Grünewald, Albrecht Dürer, Martin
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Pastel

Abstract Pastel Crayon Drawing Color Abstract, Seasonal Letter John Von Wicht
Located in Surfside, FL
ancient art, Chinese and Japanese calligraphy, as well as Mathias Grünewald, Albrecht Dürer, Martin
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Oil Pastel

"Prussian Blue Seven", calligraphic abstract aquatint print, Japanese, Mulberry.
By Marina Adams
Located in Long Island City, NY
. Inspired by traditional Japanese scroll painting it is printed in intense Prussian blue on Mulberry rice
Category

2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Mulberry Paper, Color, Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio, Monoprint, Monotype

"Dream Talk", abstract calligraphic aquatint print, black and white, Japanese.
By Kumi Korf
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Dream Talk" is a beautiful abstract etching and aquatint with bold lines reminiscent of Japanese
Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Black and White, Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

"Dream Talk", abstract calligraphic aquatint print, black and white, Japanese.
By Kumi Korf
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Dream Talk" is a beautiful abstract etching and aquatint with bold lines reminiscent of Japanese
Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Black and White, Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

"Letters in Vermont", abstract black and white Japanese calligraphic print,
By Kumi Korf
Located in Long Island City, NY
Japanese calligraphy of the artist's native Japan. Printed in profound black and white on 100% cotton rag
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Black and White, Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

"Kapok Flight", abstract calligraphic aquatint, etching print, yellow, black.
By Kumi Korf
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Kapok Flight" is a beautiful abstract etching with bold lines reminiscent of Japanese calligraphy
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Color, Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

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