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Lot 217 Dα

Kitagawa Utamaro - Two women stretching a thin silk cloth

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 600 € - 1.000 €
Result: 567 € (incl. premium)
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Kitagawa Utamaro

Two women stretching a thin silk cloth

Ōban, middle section of an untitled triptych. Two women stretching a thin silk cloth. Signed: Utamaro hitsu. Publisher: Yamadaya Sanshirō. 1796-1797. Good impression, colours faded, oxidation, worming (backed), right and lower margins trimmed, traces of usage, backed, in mat

Comes with a handwritten note, transcription from „Utamaro“ by Julius Kurth, Leipzig 1907, pp. 214/215, referring to similar prints.

Provenance

Michael Müller-Stüler Collection, acquired by W. Abegg, thence by descent

Literature

Catalogue of Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings from the Henri Vever Collection, part II, 1977, p. 415; an impression of the complete triptych is located in the New York Public Library: https://nypl.getarchive.net/media/arai-bari-washing-and-stretching-cloth-b8c440.