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THBKitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) Japanese, Woodblock Print
About Seller
522 South Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
United States
Sarasota Estate Auction specializes in a wide variety of furniture, antiques, fine art, lighting, sculptures, and collectibles. Andrew Ford, owner and operator of the company, has a passion for finding the best pieces of art and antiques and sharing those finds with the Gulf Coast of Florida.
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About Auction
LiveAug 25, 2024
Over 800 lots will be offered in day 2 of our 2 day weekend. There are multiple lots of important fine art from landscapes and etchings to old masters and portraits. We have a great collection of sterling silver, 18th and 19th century furniture, a lifetime collection of fantastic estate jewelry, Asian antiquities, and more! Sarasota Estate Auction sarasotaestateauction@gmail.com
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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) Japanese, Woodblock Print. Couresan holding a fan. Artist information on label on back.
Overall Size: 25 x 18 5/8 in.
Sight Size: 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
#2771 .
Kitagawa Utamaro was born some time in 1753 in Japan. Although one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e (“floating world”) woodblock prints and paintings, particularly of beautiful women with exaggerated and elongated features, little is known of his actual life, and much that is known is contradictory and difficult to confirm. He was born Kitagawa Ichitaro, and at times used the names Yusuke and Yuki. He studied under Toriyama Sekien (1712-1788), first naming himself Toyoaki before settling on his most common moniker. Utamaro apparently married, although nothing is known about his wife and there is no record of them having had children. There are, however, many prints of tender and intimate domestic scenes featuring the same woman and child over several years of the child’s growth among his works. He is known to have made several important improvements in woodblock printing techniques, and invented at least three himself: “Jitsubushi,” which makes the background of a piece hazy, “Unmozuri,” which creates a sheen by rubbing the background with mica, and “Odoshoku tsubushi,” which involves rubbing the background with ochre for a gradient effect. His art began to appear in the 1770s, and he rose to prominence in the early 1790s, producing over 2000 known prints. One of the few ukiyo-e artists to achieve fame throughout Japan in his own lifetime, it was his arrest in 1804 for making illegal prints depicting the 16th Century military ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi that made him infamous, and likely contributed to his death two years later in October 1806. By the mid-19th Century his work had even reached Europe, where it garnered particular acclaim in France, heavily influencing the Impressionists with his use of partial views and his emphasis on light and shade.
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Overall Size: 25 x 18 5/8 in.
