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Contemporary Japanese Art Prints - July 31, 2005

Dear friends of Japanese prints

Bidding for auction # 199 is open on www.artelino.com/auction/catalog.asp with 36 contemporary prints by 36 different, leading Japanese artists. The auction will close coming Tuesday, August 2 at 8:00 PM local time = 2:00 PM in New York.

Online auctions of Japanese Edo and Meiji prints and shin and sosaku hanga have been popular since the late 1990s. But contemporary Japanese prints have remained a neglected field for online sales. We think it is a pity. Many people have no possibilities to see contemporary Japanese prints in a real gallery. In Europe for instance - please correct us if we are wrong - there is to our knowledge only one gallery specialized in contemporary Japanese prints - Galerie Pleser in Munich.

We did our best to present you an interesting collection by leading Japanese artists with works that span 4 decades. It is a test, and it is in the hands of you, our clients, if we will be able to establish online auctions of contemporary Japanese prints as a permanent event. We will see.

In our BUY OUT section on www.artelino.com/auction/catalog.asp?evt=190&eve=15&spe=0 you find graphic works by German printmaker Konrad Volkert (1906-1999). In our view one of the greatest German printmakers of the 20th century. The British Museum has works by Konrad Volkert in their collection.

your artelino team

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