Early SHIP Painting, SS BELLINGHAM, H. Shimidzu, JAPAN

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ESTATE FRESH TO MARKET A Dated 1931 signed SHIP'S PORTRAIT OF THE PRE-WWII FREIGHTER SS BELLINGHAM WHICH NAVIGATED THE NORTHERN PACIFIC BETWEEN SEATTLE AND ALASKA MAINLY PRIOR TO THE WAR THEN SAW CONVOY DUTY DURING THE WAR (ON A CONVOY TO RUSSIA ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1942 THE SHIP TOOK A WATERLINE TORPEDO AND HEAVY GUNFIRE BUT NOT ONLY SURVIVED BUT MANAGED TO SHOOT DOWN TWO GERMAN BOMBERS--google the ship name for the full story). THIS FINELY DETAILED WATERCOLOR ON SILK IS BY THE VERY WELL KNOWN EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE ARTIST H. SHIMIDZU OF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, KNOWN FOR HIS SHIP PORTRAITS. IT IS IN ORIGINAL GILTWOOD FRAME WITH UNDISTURBED BACKING PAPER ALTHOUGH IT IS MISSING THE GLASS. OVERALL SIZE IS ABOUT 27" X 20" AND THE COLORS ARE VIBRANT AND BRIGHT. T IS SOME PUCKERING OF THE SILK ON THE LEFT FROM MOISTURE MOST LIKELY WHEN IT WAS UNDER GLASS BUT OVERALL CONDITION IS GOOD. NO RESERVE. $26.95 INSURED US SHIPPING. WE SHIP ANYW IN THE WORLD INCLUDING EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA AS WELL AS DOWN UNDER --CONTACT US FOR QUOTES--HOPEFULLY PRIOR TO BIDDING. WE ACCEPT PAYPAL FROM VERIFIED USERS WITH CONFIRMED ADDRESSES. .
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