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KITAGAWA UTAMARO I (1754–1806), EDO PERIOD, LATE 18TH CENTURY | OBVIOUS LOVE (ARAWARURU KOI)

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November 3, 04:10 PM GMT

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50,000 - 80,000 GBP

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KITAGAWA UTAMARO I (1754–1806)

EDO PERIOD, LATE 18TH CENTURY

OBVIOUS LOVE (ARAWARURU KOI)


woodblock print: ink, colour and mica on paper, from the series Anthology of Poems: The Love Section (Kasen koi no bu), signed Utamaro hitsu, published by Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo), circa 1793–94 (Kansei 5–6)

Vertical oban:

37.8 x 24.8 cm., 14 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.

Huguette Berès (1914–1999), sold Sotheby's, Paris, Collection Huguette Berès: Estampes, Dessins et Livres Illustrés Japonais (Seconde Vente), 25 November 2003, lot 156.
Narazaki Muneshige, Hizo ukiyo-e taikan: Beresu korekushon / Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in Western Collections: Berès Collection (Tokyo, 1991), pl.52.

Matsui Hideo, ed., Ukiyoe no mikate: Geijutsusei shiryosei o tadashiku rikai suru / Ukiyo-e Arts Introducing by the Material & Technique (Tokyo, 2012), cover and cat. no.56.