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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Decorative Arts & Collectables
• Sale Date:
  20 Oct 2019 ~ 10am (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  620
• Lot Description:
  Kawana Hotel, Ito, Japan
  c1936 colour process lithograph. Linen-backed, signed “Kisige” in image at lower right. Text in English continues “Two 18-hole golf courses. Olympic size pool.”
  81 x 61cm
• Notes:
  Built in 1928 by British-educated Baron Kishichiro Okura as an English-style luxury retreat, the Kawana Hotel attracted wealthy and famous Japanese and overseas guests, including Marilyn Monroe and her husband baseball player Joe DiMaggio, actor John Wayne and Russian Premier Boris Yeltsin. Its “world-class” golf courses, designed by Charles H. Alison, were opened in 1936.
• Estimate:
  A$2,500 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Collectables

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