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Lot Description

[NETSUKE]
A group of works about Netsuke, comprising:

BUSHELL, Raymond; MASATOSHI. The art of Netsuke carving. Trumbull, CT : Weatherhill, 2002. — MEINERTZHAGEN, Frederick. The art of the netsuke carver. London Routledge and Kegan: 1956. — KINSEY, Robert O & Miriam. Contemporary netsuke : miniature sculpture from Japan and beyond. Santa Ana, Calif. : Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 1997.— GOODALL, Hollis; ATCHLEY, Virginia G. The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of netsuke: a legacy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Chicago: Art Media Resources, 2003. — BUSHELL, Raymond. Netsuke, familiar and unfamiliar : new principles for collecting. New York : Weatherhill, 1989. — BUSHELL, Raymond. Collectors' netsuke. New York : Weatherhill, 2002. — RYERSON, Egerton. The netsuke of Japan: legends, history, folklore and customs. New York: Barnes 1968. — KINSEY, Robert O. The poetry of netsuke. Santa Barbara, Calif. : Produced by Perpetua Press, 2004. — NOETZEL, Otto Heinrich. Yakimono-Netsuke: Netsuke aus Porzellan und Ton. Wilhelmshaven : Heinrichshofen's Verlag, 1985. — SANDFIELD, Norman L. The ultimate Netsuke bibliography: an annotated guide to miniature Japanese carvings. Chicago : Art Media Resources, 1999. — FEINBERG, Leonard. Asian laughter: An anthology of oriental satire and humor. Boston: Weatherhill, 1971. — STANDFIELD, Norman L; SHELTON, Huey G. Ichiro, master netsuke carver. Chicago: Shelton Family Press: Distributed by Art Media Resources, 2009. — BUSHELL, Raymond. The wonderful world of netsuke. Rutland, Vt., C.E. Tuttle Co. 1964. — Reikichi, Ueda. The Netsuke Handbook. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1964. — KURSTIN, Joseph. Netsuke: Story Carvings of Old Japan: Selections from the Collection of Joseph Kurstin. Self pub: 1994. — TAKAMADONIMIYA, Norihito. Gendai netsuke: Takamadonomiya korekushon: Contemporary netsuke : the H.I.H. Prince Takamado collection. Tokyo: Hakuchosha, 2003. — RYERSON, Egerton. The Netsuke Of Japan. Legends, History, Folklore & Customs. London: G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., 1958. — O'BRIEN, Mary Louise. Netsuke : A Guide for Collectors. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1965. — Chiba City Museum of Art. Kinsey Korekushon: Gendai Netsuke: Contemporary Netsuke: The Kinsey Collection, Accompanied by H.I.H. Price Takamado Collection. 2001.

Together 24 works in 24 volumes.

Property from a Prominent Chicago Collection

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