Kitagawa Utamaro
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(Japan 1753-1806) attributed to, Shunga, sheet from E-hon Komachi-biki, sheet no. 6 of twelve double-sided illustrations for a folding album featuring erotic images: ‘A courtesan and her lover against a free-standing screen (tsuitate)’, colour woodblock print, unsigned, 24.4 x 37.7 cm, centre fold, creased, later impression, faded colours, behind glass, mat, framed, (CT) This sheet belongs to the third and last of the large erotic albums by Utamaro; the first entitled ‘Utamakura’, dating from 1788, ‘Negai noito-guchi’ of 1799, and the third and last, ‘E-hon Komachibiki’. This album, produced in 1802, is considered the most sensual of the three albums (see p. 281; in: The passionate art of Kitagawa Utamaro, London 1995).
Specialist: Mag. Christina Tolar
Mag. Christina Tolar
+43-1-515 60-533
christina.tolar@dorotheum.at
25.09.2019 - 14:00
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EUR 400.-
Kitagawa Utamaro
(Japan 1753-1806) attributed to, Shunga, sheet from E-hon Komachi-biki, sheet no. 6 of twelve double-sided illustrations for a folding album featuring erotic images: ‘A courtesan and her lover against a free-standing screen (tsuitate)’, colour woodblock print, unsigned, 24.4 x 37.7 cm, centre fold, creased, later impression, faded colours, behind glass, mat, framed, (CT) This sheet belongs to the third and last of the large erotic albums by Utamaro; the first entitled ‘Utamakura’, dating from 1788, ‘Negai noito-guchi’ of 1799, and the third and last, ‘E-hon Komachibiki’. This album, produced in 1802, is considered the most sensual of the three albums (see p. 281; in: The passionate art of Kitagawa Utamaro, London 1995).
Specialist: Mag. Christina Tolar
Mag. Christina Tolar
+43-1-515 60-533
christina.tolar@dorotheum.at
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Auction: | Antiques - Clocks, Asian Art, Vintage, Metalwork, Faience, Folk Art, Sculpture |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 25.09.2019 - 14:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 19.09. - 25.09.2019 |