Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints

Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints

Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)

Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806) | The lovers Koharu and Jihei | Edo period, late 18th – early 19th century

Lot Closed

July 21, 01:11 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 10,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)

Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)

The lovers Koharu and Jihei

Edo period, late 18th – early 19th century


woodblock print, from the series Musical Program of True Love (Ongyoku hiyoku no bangumi), signed Utamaro hitsu (Brush of Utamaro), published by Enomotaya Kichibei (Hoeido), circa 1800; with collector's seal H.V., with original Sotheby's paper sale folder depicting Henri Vever monogram


Vertical aiban: 33.4 x 23 cm., 13⅛ x 9 in.

Henri Vever (1854-1942)

Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints from the Henri Vever Collection: Final Part, 30 October 1997, Lot 97.

Jack Hillier, Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection, (London, 1976), vol. 2, no. 474. 
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