Kitagawa Utamaro - Ôban. Abuna-e. Playful lovers half under the covers. Unsigned. Without publisher mark. Rare. - image-1
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Lot 304 Dα

Kitagawa Utamaro - Ôban. Abuna-e. Playful lovers half under the covers. Unsigned. Without publisher mark. Rare.

Auction 1213 - overview Cologne
09.12.2022, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 1.400 € - 1.600 €
Result: 1.588 € (incl. premium)
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Kitagawa Utamaro

Ôban. Abuna-e. Playful lovers half under the covers. Unsigned. Without publisher mark. Rare.

Ôban. Abuna-e. Playful lovers half under the covers. Unsigned. Without publisher mark. Rare. Very good impression, colours somewhat faded, gold, foxing, gold oxidized, water stain in u.r., small backed worm holes, framed (not examined outside frame)

Provenance

Private collection, Southern Germany, and thence by descent

Literature

Collector’s note verso: Cf. Winzinger, Franz, Shunga: Meisterwerke der Erotischen Kunst Japans (exhibition catalogue), Nürnberg: Albrecht-Dürer-Gesellschaft 1975, Table 43, and Hillier, Jack, Catalogue of the Japanese Paintings and Prints in the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Gale, 2 vols., Rutland, VT/Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co. 1970, vol. 2, Ill. 159 (not found here).