Utamaro (1753) (1753 - 1806)
Lot 26: Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)
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Description
Two prints, the first yellow ground, Seiro hana sannin (Three flowers of the Yoshiwara), signed Utamaro hitsu and published by Yamaguchiya Chusuke; second, the right sheet of a diptych Mitate rokkasen (Parody of the six immortal poets), signed Utamaro ga and published by Tsutaya Juzaburo--good impressions, first with gauffrage, faded, stained, soiled, creased, worming and repaired worming on the second
Rekisentei Eiri (act. ca. 1790-1800)
Triptych, mitate of an outing in the country, Mount Fuji in the distance, each sheet signed Rekisentei hitsu and published by Enomotoya Kichibei--good impressions, faded, soiled, stained, creased, repairs, wormed, edges nibbled
oban tate-e: 36.8 x 23.5cm., first; 38 x 25.2cm., second; 38.5 x 24cm., triptych, each approx. (5)
Artist or Maker
Kitagawa Utamaro (1754-1806)
Provenance
Pasadena Museum of Art, third
Mrs. Robert A. Rowan, first, second, third
Frank Lloyd Wright, first, second, third