![[JAPANESE PILLAR PRINT] – UTAMARO, Kitagawa (ca. 1753-1806). (Japanese beauty in company of a young samurai).](https://gcp-la8-storage-cdn.lot-art.com/public/upl/40/JAPANESE-PILLAR-PRINT-UTAMARO-Kitagawa-ca-1753-1806-Japanese-beauty-in-company-of-a-young-samurai_6414b9bf2fb83-full-61678100_1679079871.jpg "[JAPANESE PILLAR PRINT] – UTAMARO, Kitagawa (ca. 1753-1806). (Japanese beauty in company of a young samurai).")
[JAPANESE PILLAR PRINT] – UTAMARO, Kitagawa (ca. 1753-1806). (Japanese beauty in company of a young samurai).
Description
Col. woodcut (printed on 2 attached leaves). Publ. by Takahisa (ca. 1780). Ca. 58 x 10,5 cm. (image). Behind passepartout & framed (behind glass).
Footnote
¶ Very rare late 18th-cent. Japanese woodblock pillar print (“hashira-e”) by the Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro (ca. 1753-1806) depicting a Japanese beauty (“Bijin”) in company of a young samurai holding a fan in his hand. – With defects (dam. spot in upper right corner, sl. waterstained in upper part, partly discol., a few horizontal creases, sl. foxed/ browned), but nevertheless in an acceptable condition (not examined out of frame).
Reserve
Time, Location
Auction House
Description
Col. woodcut (printed on 2 attached leaves). Publ. by Takahisa (ca. 1780). Ca. 58 x 10,5 cm. (image). Behind passepartout & framed (behind glass).
Footnote
¶ Very rare late 18th-cent. Japanese woodblock pillar print (“hashira-e”) by the Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro (ca. 1753-1806) depicting a Japanese beauty (“Bijin”) in company of a young samurai holding a fan in his hand. – With defects (dam. spot in upper right corner, sl. waterstained in upper part, partly discol., a few horizontal creases, sl. foxed/ browned), but nevertheless in an acceptable condition (not examined out of frame).
