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Lot 248 Dα

Utagawa Kunisada - Courtesans and maidservant

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 2.772 € (incl. premium)

Utagawa Kunisada

Courtesans and maidservant

Ōban triptych. Two courtesans and a maidservant walking the street at night by lantern light are surprised by a dog leaping out of the darkness. Silhouette figures in the background. Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga. Publisher: Mikawaya Seiemon. Censor: kiwame. Circa 1825. Very good impression and colours, slightly rubbed at lower margins, otherwise good condition, in mat

Provenance

Michael Müller-Stüler Collection, acquired from Richard Kruml, London, 2018

Literature

Ukiyo-e taikei, vol. 10, nos. 131-3; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession nos. 11.15190 (left), 2016.1301 (middle), 11.40118 (right). Impression in different colours: Matthi Forrer, The Baur Collection, 1994, vol. 1, G266; and Matthi Forrer, The Printed Image, Cologne 2018, p. 106/107