Japanese woodblock MARGUERITE GIFFORD c. 1940 signed (02/26/2008)

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Japanese woodblock MARGUERITE GIFFORD c. 1940 signed

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Sold Date: 02/26/2008
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

Original Japanese woodblock printed on a Japanese paper by Marguerite Gifford (1879 - 1969). She traveled to Japan in 1939 and studied woodblock printing t until 1941 when she returned to her home in Louisville. So this probably dates from that period. Titled on a little piece of paper attached to the back: " Old Gate of Doshisa University / First Christian school in Japan." Signed in ink at lower right corner: "Marguerite Gifford. Titled in ink in the top left margin: "Doshisha Tohiwai Mon."

DIMENSIONS: Image 9.0 x 12.125 inches; sheet size 10.25 x 13.875 inches.

CONDITION: Good; very slightly soiled in the margins; pinholes at the four corners (in the margins); relic mounting tapes on back four corners; not laid down.

Buyer pays packing, shipping, insurance via Priority Mail $8.00 in U. S. , more elsew (probably $20 to Europe). Money orders, personal checks (clear), credit cards via Paypal. Return for refund within ten days if not as described. See my other auctions for prints and some other stuff. If you are the winning bidder, I will E-mail you within a day. I combine shipments whenever possible.