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Noboru Sawai: career timeline

American · 1931–2016 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 28 of 97 lots (29% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Noboru Sawai: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1970s2119$154Sign upEtching
1980s63$139Sign upEtching
2000s11$323Sign upEtching

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Enter what you know about a work by Noboru Sawai to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.

1970s 21 works

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19 of 21
Median
$154Sign up
Average
$159Sign up
Typical size
18 × 23.5 in (45 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Etching (12), Woodcut / linocut (9)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1)
Show 9 more (1970s)

1980s 6 works

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3 of 6
Median
$139Sign up
Average
$149Sign up
Typical size
23 × 17.5 in (58 × 44 cm)
Mediums
Etching (6)
Subjects
Birds (1)

2000s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$323Sign up
Average
$323Sign up
Typical size
20 × 23.5 in (50 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Etching (1)
Subjects
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Creation date not recorded

69 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 1990s 15 works

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1 of 15
Median
$151Sign up
Average
$151Sign up
Typical size
20.5 × 20 in (52 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Etching (15)
Subjects
Birds (2), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (1990s)

…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 7 works

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7 of 7
Median
$180Sign up
Average
$173Sign up
Typical size
18 × 23.5 in (45 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (4), Etching (3)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (1)
Show 1 more (2000s)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 33 works

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33 of 33
Median
$164Sign up
Average
$167Sign up
Typical size
18 × 23.5 in (45 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Etching (20), Woodcut / linocut (13)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (2), Birds (2), Sea & coast (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 21 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 14 works

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14 of 14
Median
$117Sign up
Average
$126Sign up
Typical size
18 × 23.5 in (46 × 59 cm)
Mediums
Etching (12), Woodcut / linocut (2)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Noboru Sawai auction results →