KITAGAWA UTAMARO I, (1750S–1806), EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY | VISITING KOMACHI (KAYOI KOMACHI)
Estimate:
800 - 1,000 GBP
Estimate:
800 - 1,000 GBP
Lot sold:
1,000
GBP
FROM A FRENCH COLLECTION FORMED IN THE 19TH CENTURY
KITAGAWA UTAMARO I (1750S–1806), EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
VISITING KOMACHI (KAYOI KOMACHI)
woodblock print: ink and colour on paper, from the series Little Seedlings: Seven Komachi (Futaba-gusa nana Komachi), signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudo), circa 1803
vertical oban:
36 x 25 cm., 14⅛ x 9⅞ in.
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Please note, Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
- Good impression, colours faded.
- Some restoration around top right-hand corner.
- There is a tape residue to the reverse.
- Small holes repaired.
- Backed.
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For an impression in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 34.262, go to: www.mfa.org