UTAMARO (1753?-1806). The bay at Akashi. (Sold)
Artist:
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?-1806)
Subject:
A noble man and his attendants looking at the moon at the Akashi bay.
Series:
From the illustrated kyōka anthology Kyōgetsu-bō (Crazy Gazing at the Moon).
Signature:
Unsigned as all plates from the album.
Date:
1789
Publisher:
Tsutaya Jūzaburō
Size:
Album plate, 25,3x38 cm.
Medium:
Woodblock color print with extensive use of metallic pigments.
Literature:
For a detailed comment about the album see Shugo Asano e Timothy Clark. The Passionate Art of Kitagawa Utamaro. 2 voll. London, 1995, p. 261, no. 468.
Remarks:
Ex Grabhorn Collection. The poetry anthology Kyōgetsu-bō is illustrated with five plates by Utamaro referring to the theme of the moon.
Conditions:
Very good impression, colours and conditions.
Item no:
D 275
Price:
Euro 1500
Status:
Sold