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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

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

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

Mid-19th Century Pair of Scrimshaw Miniature Plaques
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-19th century pair of scrimshaw miniature plaques, each framed, Japanese. Miniature sumi-e type
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Ivory

Hisashi Otsuka Miyamoto Musashi Signed Contemporary Japanese Samurai Print 2000s
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
blending traditional Japanese art forms, such as ukiyo-e and sumi-e, with bold, contemporary aesthetics
Category

Early 2000s Japanese Prints

Materials

Paper

H.M. Saffer II, "Off Route 11", Pointillist Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
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 Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

H.M. Saffer II, "Quiet Sundown", Pointillist Landscape Oil Painting on Board
By H.M. Saffer II
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
and yet broaden in its scope. In 1981 he began to study the art of Japanese brush painting, Sumi-e. He
Category

2010s Pointillist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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

2010s Pointillist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Circle" Christine Joy, Contemporary Abstract Willow Sculpture
By Christine Joy
Located in Wilton, CT
). Joy explains, "Circle is my response to seeing a sumi-e painting of a circle in a local gallery. I was
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Resin, Wax

Inchino- 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a horse head
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

Fairy- 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal drawing of the head of a horse
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, Laid Paper

Breaking Bronze, abstract painting by Brenda Kingery, Chickasaw, large, tan, red
By Brenda Kingery
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Sumi-e, a Japanese technique of ink wash, rises to the surface in this work, as wide, sweeping
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Nakamise Night, Tokyo, Japan: urban night cityscape photograph print w/ handwork
By Yasuomi Hashimura
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
recalls traditional Japanese ink painting, or "sumi-e." Scholars have referred to this blend of painting
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Black and White Photography

Materials

Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Hashiguchi Goyo Inspired Japanese Cyanotype Marbling in Subtle Tones, Ukiyo-e
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
." This image of a Japanese traditional Ukiyo-e print is then hand coated using the suminagashi ink
Category

2010s Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Emulsion, Ink, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, C Print, Color, Engraving, Other Me...

Traditional Japanese Scene, Geisha Nude, Ukiyo-e Style, Mixed Media Marbling
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
." This image of a Japanese traditional Ukiyo-e print is then hand coated using the suminagashi ink
Category

2010s Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Emulsion, Ink, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, C Print, Color, Engraving, Other Me...

The art of waiting - 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of an owl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
program in Leiden, becoming a certified Sumi-e instructor (a Japanese ink brush technique). Gaddoni’s art
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Companions - 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of two cows
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

Hashiguchi Goyo Inspired Ukiyo-e, Nude Cyanotype, Handmade Painting Pastel Tones
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
." This image of a Japanese traditional Ukiyo-e print is then handmade painted with subtle acrylic
Category

2010s Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Emulsion, Ink, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, C Print, Color, Engraving, Other Me...

Mixed Media, Ukiyo-e Japanese Geisha with Blue Marbling, Handmade Suminagashi
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
." This image of a Japanese traditional Ukiyo-e print is then hand-painted with soft tones acrylic
Category

2010s Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Emulsion, Ink, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, C Print, Color, Engraving, Other Me...

Hashiguchi Goyo Inspired Ukiyo-e, Nude Cyanotype Print on Marbling, Green, Mauve
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
." This image of a Japanese traditional Ukiyo-e print is then hand coated using the suminagashi ink
Category

2010s Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Emulsion, Ink, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, C Print, Color, Engraving, Other Me...

Light Skinned Ukiyo-e Traditional Geisha Nude, Pastel Tones Mixed Media Marbling
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
." This image of a Japanese traditional Ukiyo-e print is then hand-painted with soft tones acrylic
Category

2010s Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Emulsion, Ink, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, C Print, Color, Engraving, Other Me...

Nude Traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e Geisha in Blue, Gray Skin Terrazzo Pattern
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
." This image of a Japanese traditional Ukiyo-e print is then hand-painted with soft tones acrylic
Category

2010s Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Emulsion, Ink, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, C Print, Color, Engraving, Other Me...

"Jumping Trout, " Chiura Obata, Fish, Japanese-American Artist, Watercolor
By Chiura Obata
Located in New York, NY
style, which fused traditional Japanese sumi-e ink painting with the conventions of western naturalism
Category

1930s American Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Nosferatu I by David Mack, Sumi-e brush and ink drawing
By David Mack
Located in Chicago, IL
David Mack’s sumi-e brush and ink drawing of Nosferatu, titular character of F. W. Murnau’s German
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Sumi Ink

Cat Sumi-e brush and ink animal drawing by David Mack
By David Mack
Located in Chicago, IL
Sumi-e brush and ink cat drawing on cream paper by David Mack, signed with signature chop. David
Category

2010s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Sumi Ink

Maria, Metropolis by David Mack, Sumi-e brush and ink silent fIlm drawing
By David Mack
Located in Chicago, IL
David Mack’s sumi-e brush and ink drawing of Maria from Fritz Lang’s 1927 German Expressionist sci
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Sumi Ink

Untitled
By Toko Shinoda
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed by the artist lower left. Sumi-e ink and colored pigment on paper
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Sumi Ink

Unititled
By Toko Shinoda
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed by the artist in ink lower right Sumi-e ink and colored pigment on paper
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Sumi Ink

Untitled
By Toko Shinoda
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and sealed by the artist lower right. Sumi-e ink on silver foil mounted on wood panel.
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Sumi Ink

Japanese Four Antique "Fish" Hand Painted Sumi Ink Original Drawings, Frameable
Located in South Burlington, VT
Four unique, signed, and beautiful sumi-e ink hand drawn "Fish" nautical original works of art
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Paper

Japanese Four Antique "Fish" Hand Painted Sumi Ink Original Drawings, Frameable
Located in South Burlington, VT
Four unique, signed, and beautiful sumi-e ink hand drawn "Fish" nautical original works of art
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Paper

Antique Sumi Ink Japanese Painting on Silk, Framed
Located in Plainview, NY
An antique Sumi ink ( Sumi-e) Japanese painting featuring a landscape scene of mountains and
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings

Materials

Silk, Glass, Wood

Japanese Four Antique "Fish" Hand Painted Sumi Ink Original Drawings, Frameable
Located in South Burlington, VT
Four unique, signed, and beautiful sumi-e ink hand drawn "Fish" nautical original works of art
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Japanese Screen: Bamboo Grove
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen, bamboo grove. Showa period (1926-1989) ink painting (sumi-e) on silver
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

Japanese Four Panel Screen Pine Tree
Located in Hudson, NY
Ink painting on paper (sumi-e), dated 1971. Signed: Shinazumi George in Katakana; a Japanese
Category

Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Moonlit Sky
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Moonlit Sky, Showa period (1926 - 1989) minimal ink painting (sumi-e) on
Category

Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

18th Century Japanese Four Panel Kano School Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
distant waterfall. Edo period sumi-e on gold leaf squares in the Kano school style. Delicate trees, bamboo
Category

Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Metal, Gold Leaf

Coquette.
By Yeisha
Located in Plano, TX
Coquette. c. 1957. Original Sumi-e (ink) and watercolor on paper. 13 x x 11 3/4 (sheet 23 x 18
Category

1950s Showa Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Floral Watercolor Painting
By Buenaventura
Located in Madrid, ES
cotton paper, using the sumi-e technique inspired by ancient Korean paintings. Particularly ideal as an
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Cotton, Acrylic, Paper

Framed Japanese Ink Painting Signed Yasunobu, Edo Period, 19th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A charming Japanese sumi-e ink and color scroll painting, mounted, framed and glazed, signed
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brocade, Glass, Paper

Black and White Gesture
By Lynne Fernie
Located in Bloomfield, ON
powerful shapes and characters on a bright ground in this work reference Japanese Sumi-e brush writing
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Ink, Latex, Archival Paper

Audrey
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr. Fix uses brush, pen, ink and wax pencils on various
Category

2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

David Bowie REBEL REBEL
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr. Fix uses brush, pen, ink and wax pencils on
Category

2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Lucky Gun
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
as an architectural draftsman and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr. Fix uses brush
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Rice Paper, Archival Pigment

Bowie
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
and apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr. Fix uses brush, pen, ink and wax pencils on
Category

2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Rock n Roll Hoochie Koo
By Zane Fix
Located in East Hampton, NY
apprentice sumi-e painter, and woodblock cutter. Mr. Fix uses brush, pen, ink and wax pencils on various
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Rice Paper, Archival Pigment

Unseen Bird
By Toko Shinoda
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
. The red sumi-e brush strokes are from Shinoda's Ming Dynasty ink block. Sheet size: 21.25" x 26.75
Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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

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 Blue
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 Blue
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 Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Dylan In Blue
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

Marilyn :Some Like it Hot
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 Portrait Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Marilyn :Some Like it Hot (Pink)
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 Portrait Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

David Bowie Rebel Rebel
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 Figurative Paintings

David Bowie Rebel Rebel in dark Blue
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

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Sumi E For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact sumi e you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. You can easily find an example made in the Abstract style, while we also have 40 Abstract versions to choose from as well. Finding the perfect sumi e may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 19th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a sumi e to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, beige, blue, brown and more. Creating a sumi e has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Ryan Rivadeneyra, Chaco Terada, Kind of Cyan, Jeff Conroy and Mari Ito are consistently popular. Frequently made by artists working in ink, sumi ink and paper, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

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.