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Bob Dylan (Yellow)
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
techniques he learned as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr
Category

2010s Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Amy, Back to Black, London.
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
techniques he learned as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr
Category

2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Archival Ink, Rice Paper

Dylan In Red
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
techniques he learned as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr
Category

2010s Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

David Bowie Rebel Rebel in Black
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
learned as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr. Fix uses
Category

2010s Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marilyn :Some Like it Hot
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
and time intensive; utilizing techniques he learned as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi
Category

2010s Portrait Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Rock n Roll Hootchie Koo
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
techniques he learned as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr
Category

2010s 85 New Wave Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Ink, Rice Paper

Antique Japanese Suibokuga Landscape by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Suibokuga Landscape by Kano Tokinobu. 17th century. A sumi-e ink on paper painting
Category

Antique 1670s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Antique Japanese Suibokuga Landscape by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Suibokuga Landscape by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century. A sumi-e ink on paper painting
Category

Antique 1670s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Antique Japanese Suibokuga Egrets by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Suibokuga Egrets by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century. A sumi-e ink on paper painting
Category

Antique 1670s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Floor Lamp by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
for instance. Inspired by the art of Sumi-e, Japanese black ink drawing, the lamp flows as if
Category

2010s American Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass

K16 Japanese Antiques A silk hanging scroll of Cow painted with box
Located in Niiza, JP
] 4kg A cow reminiscent of a sumi-e (ink wash painting) The painting itself has a strong presence
Category

20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Resin, Paper

H.M. Saffer II, "Calm Ocean Night", 28x42 Pointillist Blue Seascape Oil Painting
By H.M. Saffer II
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
1981 he began to study the art of Japanese brush painting, Sumi-e. He left for Japan in 1983 to study
Category

2010s Pointillist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

H.M. Saffer II, "Sunset Dunes", 30x40 Orange Pointillist Landscape Oil Painting
By H.M. Saffer II
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
. In 1981 he began to study the art of Japanese brush painting, Sumi-e. He left for Japan in 1983 to
Category

2010s Pointillist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

H.M. Saffer II, "Orchard Sky", 28x42 Blue Pointillist Landscape Oil Painting
By H.M. Saffer II
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
1981 he began to study the art of Japanese brush painting, Sumi-e. He left for Japan in 1983 to study
Category

2010s Pointillist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

H.M. Saffer II, "Moonscape III", 44x44 Blue Pointillist Landscape Oil Painting
By H.M. Saffer II
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
. In 1981 he began to study the art of Japanese brush painting, Sumi-e. He left for Japan in 1983 to
Category

2010s Pointillist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

H.M. Saffer II, "Olive Grove IV", 30x40 Pointillist Oil Painting Landscape
By H.M. Saffer II
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Japanese brush painting, Sumi-e. He left for Japan in 1983 to study with Japanese masters, and there he met
Category

2010s Pointillist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Japanese Suibokuga Sage by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Suibokuga Sage Painting by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century. A sumi-e ink on paper
Category

Antique 1670s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Tube Table Lamp by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
country. If sold to the USA it will be wired for the USA for instance. Inspired by the art of Sumi-e
Category

2010s American Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Tube Brass Wall Lamp by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
of Sumi-e, Japanese black ink drawing, the lamp flows as if stroked in one consecutive line. The
Category

2010s American Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

Tube Darkened Brass Wall Lamp by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
of Sumi-e, Japanese black ink drawing, the lamp flows as if stroked in one consecutive line. The
Category

2010s American Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

Tube Sconce by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
sold to the USA it will be wired for the USA for instance. Inspired by the art of Sumi-e, Japanese
Category

2010s American Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

The Garden s Upper Story, Original Painting
By Catherine McCargar
Located in San Francisco, CA
background by her deft brushwork reminiscent of Japanese sumi-e painting.About the Artist
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Watercolor

Japanese antique white-glazed sake bottle / [Satsuma ware] vase / 1700-1800s
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
atmosphere like a sumi-e painting. One of the charms of white Satsuma ware is the very fine cracks in the
Category

Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Vases

Materials

Pottery

Vita Condatida- 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a pig
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Amsterdam, then in private ateliers. She has followed the two-year course in Leiden, for Sumi-e instructor
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Handmade Paper

H.M. Saffer II, "Harvest Patterns", 30x24 Pointillist Landscape Oil Painting
By H.M. Saffer II
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Japanese brush painting, Sumi-e. He left for Japan in 1983 to study with Japanese masters, and there he met
Category

2010s Pointillist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique Japanese Ink Hanging Scroll Hidaka Tetsuo with Wood Storage Box
By Hidaka Tetsuo
Located in Atlanta, GA
A hanging ink (Sumi-e) silk scroll by Japanese Zen artist Hidaka Tetsuo (1791-1871). Well presented
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brocade, Wood, Paper

Hiroshi Honda Signed Japanese American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
with the family business, and while there studied sumi-e ink painting. As a young man, he was
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Solstizio d’Inverno - 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a Girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Academy in Amsterdam, then in private ateliers. She has followed the two-year course in Leiden, for Sumi-e
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Laid Paper

Attunement - 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a Girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
in Amsterdam, then in private ateliers. She has followed the two-year course in Leiden, for Sumi-e
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Laid Paper

Stillness- 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a rabbit in the field
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
private ateliers. She has followed the two-year course in Leiden, for Sumi-e instructor (Japanese ink
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Handmade Paper

Within- 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a girl with braids
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Amsterdam, then in private ateliers. She has followed the two-year course in Leiden, for Sumi-e instructor
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Laid Paper

A Conceptually Alternative Cyanotype, "Memory Trace"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 20x11.25 Conceptually Alternative Cyanotype executed on Hahnemuhle Sumi-E Paper by
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Film

A Conceptually Alternative Cyanotype, "Emptiness is Form 5"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 14" diameter Conceptually Alternative Cyanotype executed on Hahnemuhle Sumi-E Paper
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Film

A Conceptually Alternative Cyanotype, "Emptiness is Form 6"
Located in San Diego, CA
A 17" diameter Conceptually Alternative Processed Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Sumi-E Paper executed by
Category

2010s Surrealist Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Film

A Bleach Toned Traditional Watercolor Cyanotype, "Palimpsest"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 12x24 Bleach Toned Traditional Watercolor Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Sumi-E Paper. A
Category

2010s Surrealist Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Watercolor

A Bleach Toned Traditional Watercolor Cyanotype, "Contextual Slant 2"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 12" x 18" Bleach Toned Traditional Watercolor Cyanotype executed on Hahnemuhle Sumi
Category

2010s Surrealist Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Watercolor

A Traditional Bleached Watercolor Cyanotype on Wood Panel, "Now It Will Appear"
Located in San Diego, CA
Watercolor Cyanotype executed on Canson Montval and Hahnemuhle Sumi-E Paper Mounted on Wood Panel by artist
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Incoming Tide, " Woodblock Print signed by Hiroki Morinoue
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Milwaukee, WI
received his BFA degree. Later, while in Japan, Morinoue studied with a master sumi-e artist and a master
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Cumbres Pass, Colorado" Chuzo Tamotzu, 1956 Intense Color, Modernist Landscape
Located in New York, NY
. He was educated in political science at Senshu University in Tokyo. Self-taught in sumi-e, he left
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"Tama, Mimi, Chan" Chuzo Tamotzu, Japanese American Modernist Still Life, Cats
Located in New York, NY
University in Tokyo. Self-taught in sumi-e, he left Japan in 1914 to further his study of art throughout Asia
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Antique Japanese Ink Painting of Hotei by Kita Busei, Edo Period, c. 1820-1850
Located in TORQUAY, AU
here is exemplary, showing the fluid, expressive sumi-e (ink wash) lines in the robes, contrasted with
Category

Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Teak

I Dreamed by Rene Ricard: abstract yellow and black brushwork with poetry
By Rene Ricard
Located in New York, NY
". Ricard's cursive is reminiscent of Japanese Sumi-e ink paintings, an association enhanced by the use of
Category

1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lorraine Crawford, Berkeley California Brutalist Iron Sculpture, ca 1960s
By Lorraine Crawford
Located in Cathedral City, CA
California in Berkeley from 1951- 1953. Crawford took up Japanese sumi (or sumi-e) painting under Master
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel, Wrought Iron

Japanese Nihonga Painting 19th c Edo Scroll by Seiki Yokoyama Landscape Shijo
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
experienced and expert painter of sumi-e ink paintings, and accomplished a great degree of realism in his
Category

Antique 19th Century Edo Paintings

Materials

Silk

Travelers at Kanaya , After Utagawa Hiroshige, Ukiyo-E Woodblock, Tokaido, Edo
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a group of figures unloading
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Sumi Ink, Washi Paper

Mountain Pass at Okabe , After Utagawa Hiroshige, Ukiyo-E Woodblock, Tokaido
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of travelers passing
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Sumi Ink, Washi Paper

View of Shono , After Utagawa Hiroshige, Ukiyo-E Woodblock, Tokaido, Edo
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of travelers in Shono
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Sumi Ink, Washi Paper

View of Mitsuke , After Utagawa Hiroshige, Ukiyo-E Woodblock, Tokaido, Edo
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of Mitsuke in Niigata
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Sumi Ink, Washi Paper

Ishiyakushi Temple , After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of the road into
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Sumi Ink, Washi Paper

Shinmachi Bridge , After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a panoramic view of Shinmachi
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Sumi Ink, Washi Paper

Fudesute Mountain , After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of travelers admiring Mt
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Sumi Ink, Washi Paper

Shichiri Ferry , After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of two boats off the coast
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Sumi Ink, Washi Paper

Hashirri Teahouse , After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing travelers at a teahouse in Otsu
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Sumi Ink, Washi Paper

Follow Me - 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a Rabbit
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
, becoming a certified Sumi-e instructor (a Japanese ink brush technique). Gaddoni’s art has been exhibited
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

View of Fujikawa , After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing travelers kneeling along a
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Sumi Ink, Washi Paper

View of Narumi , After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a sunset view of Narumi, in what
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Sumi Ink, Washi Paper

View of Yoshida , After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of the workers looking out
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Sumi Ink, Washi Paper

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Sumi E For Sale on 1stDibs

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How Much is a Sumi E?

A sumi e can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,279, while the lowest priced sells for $175 and the highest can go for as much as $46,000.