KAMIMURA GALLERY
#983
verso of print
Japanese woodblock print by UTAMARO (1753-1806)
Title: Twelve Forms of Women's Handiwork (Fujin Tewaza Juni-ko)
"Half length figures of a woman stands behind a seated companion whose hair she is combing and
pulling the long tresses back with one hand and drawing the comb through them with the other".
Size: O-ban, 25.8 cm X 38.7 cm
Signature: Utamaro hitsu
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi
Printed date: c.1798
Condition: Fine impression with pale gray background, colors faded, full size and very good state.
Note: One of the artist's masterpieces. Degas was keenly interested in Japanese prints and pays homage to it in a well-known painting of similar "coiffure" subject.
Title: Twelve Forms of Women's Handiwork (Fujin Tewaza Juni-ko)
"Half length figures of a woman stands behind a seated companion whose hair she is combing and
pulling the long tresses back with one hand and drawing the comb through them with the other".
Size: O-ban, 25.8 cm X 38.7 cm
Signature: Utamaro hitsu
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi
Printed date: c.1798
Condition: Fine impression with pale gray background, colors faded, full size and very good state.
Note: One of the artist's masterpieces. Degas was keenly interested in Japanese prints and pays homage to it in a well-known painting of similar "coiffure" subject.
SOLD