Monumental Okiie Hashimoto Print of Japanese Rock Garden, 1960

Functional and beautiful Brazilian Rosewood record holder by Bruksbo of Norway. Record holder dates to the 1960s. It is all original with no repairs. Striking rosewood grain. Ch...

Exceptional and unique pair of vintage bronze table lamps. Lamps retain the original bronze finial and have a beautiful warm patina. These unique lamps are high quality made and hea...

Intricate puzzle sculpture by Spanish artist Miguel Berrocal. Sculpture consists of 25 pieces, plus a wearable ring with a brass heart design. Comes complete with original box and book.

Exceptionally executed painting, signed lower left corner, titled "La Perle Noire...", dated 1985. Frame is also hand painted by the artist. Measures 13" x 10...

Fine Pre-Columbian Narino footed bowl from the highlands of Columbia, circa 1250-1500 AD. Desirable polychrome bowl would make a great addition to any pre-Columbian collection. Au...

Collection of abstract Japanese calligraphy prints, possibly after Sofu Teshigahara, Japan, circa 1970s. These were from a collection that we purchase...

Collection of abstract Japanese calligraphy prints, possibly after Sofu Teshigahara, Japan, circa 1970s. These were from a collection that we purchase...

Tomio Kinoshita (1923 – 2014) Big Boys, 1960 Woodblock print Image size: 32.75 high by 22 inches wide (83 by 56 cm) Paper size: 35.5 high by 23.75 inches wide (90 by 60.3 cm) Signed: in pencil lower right, Tomio Kinoshita Titled: in pencil at lower left Edition: 30/50 Condition: Very good The woodblock for this large print was carved in 1958, just three years after Kinoshita’s began creating woodblocks. This print was signed and dated in 1960, but not numbered; prints were also pulled from this block in the 1970s, so it must have been one of more popular images. One of his students has written, “As time progressed further, the postwar era saw improvements in nutrition, and children became taller and heavier than in the past, but their lack of physical exercise and severely inferior physical abilities became a social problem; this is ironically depicted in Big Boys.” In 1963, Kinoshita told him that he had just finished pulling a print of this image in response to a request from Unichi Hiratsuka...

Original Japanese woodblock print by Katsukawa Shunsen (Shunko II) (1762- circa 1830): five karako (Chinese boys) in traditional garments at play in a snow covered garden, making an ...