Lot 29: 3 Keiko Minami Figural Aquatint Etchings

Three (3) Keiko Minami (Japan, 1911-2004) color aquatint etchings on wove paper. 1st item: Aquatint etching titled “Little Girl with a Bird” that depicts a girl in a black dress who stands beside a large, blue bird and against a pale green background. Red flowers surround the pair. Pencil signed and numbered 18/100 to lower margin. Housed under acrylic in a giltwood frame with cream mat. Sight: 11 1/2 in. H x 12 in. W. Framed: 18 3/4 in. H x 18 3/4 in. W. 1964. 2nd item: Aquatint etching titled “Two Girls with a Blue Balloon” that depicts two girls on a patch of grass and accompanied by a dog and bird. One girl holds a blue balloon. A bird rests in the branches of a tree at left. Pencil signed and numbered 7/50 to lower margin. Housed under acrylic in a giltwood frame with cream mat. Sight: 13 7/8 in. H x 12 1/8 in. W. Framed: 19 1/2 in. H x 18 3/4 in. W. 1966. 3rd item: Aquatint etching that depicts a woman or girl in a black dress with a green pocket who holds a group of red and blue balloons. A blue bird flies through the sky at left. Pencil signed and numbered 33/100 to lower margin. Housed under acrylic in a silvered wood frame with white mat. Sight: 14 in. H x 11 1/2 in. W. Framed: 24 1/4 in. H x 17 1/4 in. W.

PROVENANCE: Irene Sullivan Estate, Oak Ridge, TN descendant of the Callahan family of Knoxville, TN.

CONDITION: All items in overall very good condition. Not examined out of frames.