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| Artist: | Utamaro 2 Kitagawa (c.1795-1814) — 喜多川歌麿（二代） |
| Title: | Unknown, Double Bust Portrait |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1807 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Not Set |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 31603 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Artist: Utamaro II
Format: Oban tate-e: 15.25" x 10.25"
Subject: Against a grey background within a mirror frame decorated with lozenge patterns, the bust portraits of an exquisitely dressed courtesan of the first rank holding a tobacco pipe and confiding a secret to her raddled maidservant.
Date: 1807 |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Condition: Perfect colors. Full size. Signs of a previous mattiong on four corners on verso. Very minor marks and flaws. Generally museum standard of preservation.
Impression: Superb early impression with extensive gauffrage. |
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