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Lot 250 Dα

Utagawa Kunisada - Courtesans and their kamuro

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 500 € - 1.000 €
Result: 945 € (incl. premium)

Utagawa Kunisada

Courtesans and their kamuro

Ōban. Aizuri-e. From an untitled series printed in blue. Title: Ōgiya uchi Hanaōgi Yoshino Tatsuta. Courtesan and kamuro underneath cherry blossoms. Some red on the lips and black in the sky. Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga. Published circa 1840 by Enomotoya Kichibei. Very good impression and colours, slightly soiled and creased, in mat

Provenance

Michael Müller-Stüler Collection, acquired from Richard Kruml, London, 2014

Exhibitions

A group of five prints from this series is located in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 34.415b