Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Untitled - Kissing Couple
Media colour wood block on paper
Size 4 x 6.75 in. / 10.2 x 17.1 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed; some handling marks on frame noted

Estimate CAD$75-$100

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Orient Express #44/100
Media etching and colour silkscreen on paper
Size 18 x 23.25 in. / 45.7 x 59.1 cm.

Notes
unsigned; titled in plate and numbered along bottom; unframed; some yellowing in margins noted

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Mask II #Proof
Media etching and colour silkscreen on paper
Size 15.75 x 26 in. / 40 x 66 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$100-$200

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Antique Bed #Artist Proof
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Size 20.5 x 14.75 in. / 52.1 x 37.5 cm.

Notes
ESTIMATED RETAIL VALUE $200 - signed with artist's chop and numbered lower right; framed

Reference
PLEASE NOTE: This lot was sold in an online benefit auction where all proceeds went to the Whyte Museum in Banff, Alberta and there was no Buyer's Premium.;

Provenance
Generously donated by Astrid Bell, Canmore
Estimate CAD$100-$200

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Antique Birdcage #70/100
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Size 20.5 x 14.75 in. / 52.1 x 37.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop along bottom; unframed; shrink-wrapped

Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title My Hat #1/75
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Size 17.75 x 23.75 in. / 45.1 x 60.3 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; artist's chop lower right; framed with archival mat

Provenance
Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Honourable Curator #81/100
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Dated 1974
Size 19.5 x 25.5 in. / 49.5 x 64.8 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower right; framed with archival mat and plexiglass

Reference
included in Nickle Arts Museum exhibition Impact: Japanese and Canadian Wood Blocks, November 1999; includes Songs of Spring: Noboru Sawai 1972-1974, published by Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1985 and two catalogues from the Glenbow Museum, Calgary

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Honourable Curator #Artist's Proof
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 19.5 x 25.5 in. / 49.5 x 64.8 cm.

Notes
signed, artist's chop, titled and numbered lower right; framed with archival mat; small stain in upper margin noted

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Tribute to the Old Masters
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Dated 1972
Size 17.5 x 24.25 in. / 44.4 x 61.6 cm.

Notes
titled in plate lower right; signed and artist chop lower left; framed; glass chipped

Reference
cat. 7 A Garden of Delights 25 years of Prints by Noboru Sawai The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, 1994

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Matrimony #Proof
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Dated 1973
Size 18.5 x 23.75 in. / 47 x 60.3 cm.

Notes
signed, artist chop, titled and numbered along bottom; framed

Reference
cat. 3 Songs of Spring Noboru Sawai 1972-84 Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, 1984

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title House of Many Mansions - Main #Proof
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Dated 1976
Size 23.75 x 17.5 in. / 60.3 x 44.4 cm.

Notes
signed, artist chop, titled and numbered along bottom; framed; glass chip noted

Reference
cat. 9 Songs of Spring Noboru Sawai 1972-84 Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, 1984

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Great Tribunal #85/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Size 17.5 x 23.5 in. / 44.4 x 59.7 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower right; framed with archival mat

Provenance
from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Parade #30/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Size 17.5 x 23.5 in. / 44.4 x 59.7 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower right; framed; small stain on edge lower left noted

Provenance
from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title In the Garden [from Album Miniatures] #9/100
Media colour etching on paper
Size 8.25 x 4.75 in. / 21 x 12.1 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along the bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Parade #85/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Dated 1972
Size 17.75 x 23.75 in. / 45.1 x 60.3 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower right; framed with archival mat

Reference
included in the artist's exhibtion A Garden of Delights - 25 Years of Prints by Noboru Sawai, catalogue #8, by Katherine Ylitalo, published by Nickle Art Museum, 1984

Provenance
Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Antique Seat #Artist's Proof
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Size 17.75 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower centre; unframed

Provenance
purchased directly from artist; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Orient Express #18/100
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Size 17.75 x 23.5 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
titled in plate; signed, numbered and artist's chop lower centre; unframed

Provenance
purchased directly from artist; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title The Bayton Co. [Centre] #17/75
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Size 23.5 x 17.75 in. / 59.7 x 45.1 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered lower centre; titled in plate; unframed; minor handling marks in margins noted

Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title The Bayton Co. [Right] #AP
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Size 23.5 x 17.75 in. / 59.7 x 45.1 cm.

Notes
signed, numbered and artist's chop lower right; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title The Orient Express [Centre] #6/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Size 17.75 x 23.25 in. / 45.1 x 59.1 cm.

Notes
signed and numbered lower centre; titled in plate; archival mat; unframed; minor handling marks in margins noted

Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title My Hat II #1/75
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Size 17.75 x 23.75 in. / 45.1 x 60.3 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Honourable Curator #88/100
Media etching and wood block on paper
Size 19.5 x 25.5 in. / 49.5 x 64.8 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower right; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Antique Bed #48/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Size 20.5 x 15 in. / 52.1 x 38.1 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop along bottom; archival mat; unframed

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Birds of a Feather #Artist's Proof
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 23.25 x 17 in. / 59.1 x 43.2 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Embrace #15/75
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 3 x 4 in. / 7.6 x 10.2 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$75-$100

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Songs of Spring I #23/100
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 3 x 4 in. / 7.6 x 10.2 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$75-$100

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Four Fruits #12/75
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 3 x 4 in. / 7.6 x 10.2 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$75-$100

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Swan Lake #proof
Media colour wood block on paper
Size 15 x 24 x 1 in. / 38.1 x 61 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title My Hat #1/75
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Size 17.5 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 44.4 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with artist's chop lower left; signed, titled and numbered along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Parade #76/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Size 17.25 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 43.8 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with artist's chop lower right; signed, titled and numbered lower right; unframed; minor handling marks noted

Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Antique Bed #37/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Size 20.5 x 14.75 x 1 in. / 52.1 x 37.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with artist's chop lower right; signed, titled and numbered along bottom; unframed; minor handling marks noted

Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Parade #Artist's Proof
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Size 17.5 x 23.5 x 1 in. / 44.4 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
corporate collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Grand Concert #85/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Size 17.75 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered, and artist's chop in plate lower right; unframed

Provenance
from an Alberta collection
Estimate CAD$150-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Matrimony #77/100
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Size 18.75 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 47.6 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower left; unframed

Provenance
from the studio of noted Alberta artist and historian Gordon Snyder
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Birds of a Feather #12/100
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 23 x 17.25 x 1 in. / 58.4 x 43.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and stamped along bottom; framed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Swan Lake #proof
Media colour wood block on paper
Size 15 x 24 x 1 in. / 38.1 x 61 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; unframed; minor handling marks noted

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Antique Seat #37/100
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Dated 1978
Size 17.5 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 44.4 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered lower centre; unframed

Reference
illustrated in Songs of Spring, Noboru Sawai 1972-84, by Louise Dompierre, Agnes Etherington Art Center, 1984

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Lady Slippers #proof
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Dated ca.  1983
Size 17.75 x 23.5 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; unframed; minor handling marks noted

Reference
Persimmons from 1983 illustrated in Garden of Delights 25 Years of Prints by Noboru Sawai, by Katherine Ylitalo, Nickle Arts Museum, 1994 - an almost identical print

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Bayton Company Left Wing #5/75
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Dated 1983 --84
Size 23.5 x 17.75 x 1 in. / 59.7 x 45.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered lower centre; unframed

Reference
illustrated in Garden of Delights 25 Years of Prints by Noboru Sawai, by Katherine Ylitalo, Nickle Arts Museum, 1994

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Front #proof
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 17.75 x 23.5 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's stamp lower centre; unframed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Center #proof
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 17.75 x 23.5 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's stamp lower centre; unframed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Rear #proof
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 17.75 x 23.25 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 59.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's stamp lower centre; unframed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title The Ferries #proof
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 17.5 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 44.4 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's stamp lower left; unframed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Antique Seat #11/100
Media colour etching on paper
Size 17.5 x 24 x 1 in. / 44.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered in centre; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Samurai and Mrs. Gainsborough - Artist's Proof
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 19.75 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 50.2 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, numbered and artist's chop lower right; titled lower left; unframed

Provenance
from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title House of Many Mansions West #49/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Size 23.5 x 17.5 x 1 in. / 59.7 x 44.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed with artist's chop, titled and numbered lower left; framed

Provenance
from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Honourable Curator - Artist's Proof
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 19.5 x 25.5 x 1 in. / 49.5 x 64.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower right; framed with archival mat

Provenance
from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Lady Slippers - Artist's Proof
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 18 x 23.5 x 1 in. / 45.7 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, numbered and artist's chop lower left; titled lower right; unframed

Provenance
from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Grand Piano - #37/50
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 21.75 x 27.5 x 1 in. / 55.2 x 69.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, numbered and artist's chop lower left; titled lower right; unframed;

Provenance
from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Antique - Artist's Proof
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 9 x 11.75 x 1 in. / 22.9 x 29.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, numbered and artist's chop lower centre; titled in plate, lower centre; unframed

Provenance
from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Birdman #22/75
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Size 5 x 7 x 1 in. / 12.7 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; framed

Provenance
private collection, Japan
Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Sea Gulls #8/20
Media colour wood block on paper
Size 22.75 x 30.75 x 1 in. / 57.8 x 78.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
artist's chop lower left; signed, titled and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Japan
Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Swan Lake #Proof
Media colour wood block on paper
Size 14.75 x 24 x 1 in. / 37.5 x 61 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; framed; some handling marks noted

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Parade #Artist's Proof
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Size 17.5 x 23.5 x 1 in. / 44.4 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop along bottom; framed with archival mat

Provenance
corporate collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Grand Concert #85/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Size 17.75 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered, and artist's chop in plate lower right; unframed

Provenance
from an Alberta collection
Estimate CAD$150-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Grand Concert #86/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Dated 1975
Size 17.75 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower right; unframed

Reference
included in A Garden of Delights catalogue number 14

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title LOT OF TWO
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Dated 1976
Size 23.75 x 17.5 x 1 in. / 60.3 x 44.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
LOT OF TWO

Reference
included in A Garden of Delights catalogue no. 15 as well as Printmaking in BC

Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Grand Concert #83/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Dated 1975
Size 17.75 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower right; unframed

Reference
included in A Garden of Delights catalogue no. 14

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title The Ferries #39/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Dated 1974
Size 17.5 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 44.4 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower left; unframed

Reference
included in A Garden of Delights catalogue no. 13

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Funeral #36/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Dated 1973
Size 17.75 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower left; unframed

Reference
included in A Garden of Delights catalogue number 11

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Deep Throat #37/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Size 17.75 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower left; unframed; some staining in margin noted

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Grand Concert #85/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Dated 1975
Size 17.75 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower right; unframed

Reference
included in A Garden of Delights catalogue #14

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title The Ferries #32/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Dated 1974
Size 17.5 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 44.4 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower left; unframed

Reference
included in A Garden of Delights catalogue #13

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Parade #43/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Dated 1972
Size 17.75 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower right; unframed

Reference
included in A Garden of Delights catalogue #8

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Antiques #44/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Dated 1977
Size 9 x 11.75 x 1 in. / 22.9 x 29.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
titled in plate; signed and numbered along bottom

Reference
included in A Garden of Delights catalogue #18

Provenance
West End Gallery, Edmonton, label verso
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Still Life #11/30
Media etching on paper
Dated 1970 -'s
Size 11.75 x 8.75 x 1 in. / 29.8 x 22.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; archival mat

Reference
according to paper attached verso this print was a gift to a neighbor in the 1970's

Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Orient Express - Front #36/100
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Dated 1977
Size 18 x 23.5 x 1 in. / 45.7 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
titled in plate lower centre; signed, numbered and artist's chop lower centre; archival mat

Reference
catalogue #16 in A Garden of Delights: 25 Years of Prints by Noboru Sawai, K.Ylitalo

Provenance
Gallery Moos, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Orient Express - Centre #18/100
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Dated 1977
Size 17.75 x 23.5 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
titled in plate lower centre; signed, numbered and artist's chop lower centre; archival mat

Reference
catalogue #16 in A Garden of Delights: 25 Years of Prints by Noboru Sawai, K.Ylitalo

Provenance
Gallery Moos, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Orient Express - Rear #36/100
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Dated 1977
Size 17.75 x 23.5 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
titled in plate lower centre; signed, numbered and artist's chop lower centre; archival mat

Reference
catalogue #16 in A Garden of Delights: 25 Years of Prints by Noboru Sawai, K.Ylitalo

Provenance
Gallery Moos, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Signs of Zodiac #89/100
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Size 24 x 19.75 x 1 in. / 61 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, numbered and artist's chop middle centre; titled lower centre; archival mat

Provenance
Gallery Moos, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Swan Lake #Proof
Media colour wood block on paper
Size 15 x 24 x 1 in. / 38.1 x 61 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; embossed chops lower left; some handling marks noted; unframed

Reference
catalogue #30 in A Garden of Delights: 25 Years of Prints by Noboru Sawai [in edition of 60]

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Doll and Her Mate [After Hokusai] #8/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Size 4.75 x 6.75 x 1 in. / 12.1 x 17.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; archival mat

Provenance
Four Corners Gallery, Red Deer, label verso
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title In the Garden [from Album Miniature] #9/100
Media colour wood block and etching on paper
Size 8.25 x 4.75 x 1 in. / 21 x 12.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; archival mat

Provenance
Four Corners Gallery, Red Deer, label verso
Estimate CAD$200-$250

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Matrimony #35/100
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Size 18.5 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 47 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and edition number lower left

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Great Concert #AP
Media colour etching and block print on paper
Size 17.75 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered lower right; unframed

Estimate CAD$300-$500

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title House of Many Mansions East #34/100
Media etching and wood block on paper
Size 23.75 x 17.75 x 1 in. / 60.3 x 45.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, artist's chop, titled and numbered lower right; crease and cracked glass

Reference
one of a two part print, East & West; included in Songs of Spring - Noboru Sawai 1972-1984, by L.Dompierre, cat.#6 and A Garden of Delights, by K.Ylitalo, cat.#15

Provenance
private collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Leda #16/100
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Dated 1980
Size 23 x 17.25 x 1 in. / 58.4 x 43.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered on bottom; unframed

Reference
illustrated in Songs of Spring Noboru Sawai 1972-84, by L.Dompierre, pg.15

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Antique Bed #5/100
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Dated 1980
Size 20.5 x 15 x 1 in. / 52.1 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered on bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Birds of a Feather #A.P.
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Dated 1980
Size 23 x 17.5 x 1 in. / 58.4 x 44.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered on bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$250-$350

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Deep Throat #78/100
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Size 17.5 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 44.4 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
titled in plate upper centre; signed and numbered lower left; archival mat

Provenance
estate of private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Doll and Her Mate [After Hokusai] #13/100
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Size 4.75 x 6.75 x 1 in. / 12.1 x 17.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered along bottom; archival mat

Provenance
estate of private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Antique Bird Cage #40/100
Media colour etching and wood block on paper
Dated 1979
Size 21.5 x 14.5 x 1 in. / 54.6 x 36.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; embossed chop in margin; unframed

Reference
part of Twentieth Anniversary 1959/1979 Gallery Moos Limited portfolio

Provenance
private collection, Willowdale
Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Signs of the Zodiac #21/100
Media etching on paper
Size 24 x 19.75 x 1 in. / 61 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower centre; archival material throughout

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Deep Throat #Artist Proof
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Dated 1974
Size 17.75 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, numbered and artist's chop lower left; archival material throughout

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Antique Bird Cage #88/100
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 20.75 x 14.75 x 1 in. / 52.7 x 37.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Deep Throat #74/100
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Dated 1974
Size 17.5 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 44.4 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, numbered and artist's chop lower left; unframed

Provenance
estate of Frank Nowosad, Vancouver
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Grand Concert #A.P.
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 17.75 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower right

Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title House of Many Mansions West #95/100
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 23.75 x 17.5 x 1 in. / 60.3 x 44.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's lower left; unframed

Reference
illustrated in Printmaking in B.C. 1889-1983, by N.Tuele, A.G.G.V., 1983

Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title House of Many Mansions East #99/100
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 23.75 x 17.5 x 1 in. / 60.3 x 44.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's lower right; unframed

Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Orient Express #38/100
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 17.75 x 23.5 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
titled in plate lower centre; signed, numbered and artist's lower centre; unframed

Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Orient Express #28/100
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 17.75 x 23.5 x 1 in. / 45.1 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
titled in plate lower centre; signed, numbered and artist's lower centre; unframed

Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Honourable Curator #80/100
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 19.75 x 25.5 x 1 in. / 50.2 x 64.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's chop lower right

Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Antique Bird Cage #89/100
Media etching and colour wood block on paper
Size 20.5 x 14.75 x 1 in. / 52.1 x 37.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, numbered and artist's along bottom; unframed

Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Portrait of Artist in His New Gold Vest #8/30
Media colour etching on paper
Size 23.25 x 17.75 x 1 in. / 59.1 x 45.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled, and numbered along bottom; paper size: 26.25 x 20.5; archival mat front and back; slight colour bleed along top margin

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$200-$300

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Honourable Curator #16/100
Media etching on paper
Size 19.75 x 25.5 x 1 in. / 50.2 x 64.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and numbered lower right; some staining in margins

Reference
illustrated in Songs of Spring - Noboru Sawai 1972-1984, by L.Dompierre, catalogue number 6

Provenance
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Art Rental, Winnipeg, label verso; private collection, Winnipeg
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Noboru Sawai
Title Signs of the Zodiac #84/100
Media colour etching on paper
Size 24 x 19.75 x 1 in. / 61 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
titled bottom centre, signed and numbered centre; unframed

Reference
print exhibited at the 1976 Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts

Provenance
private collection, Regina
Estimate CAD$300-$400