Utamaro -- "Prelude to Desire -- #C"

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Artist Utamaro (KITAGAWA)
(1753-1806)
Title "Prelude to Desire -- #C"
Date 1799;
later printing ca1880/90's
Series "The Prelude to Desire"
("Negal no Itoguchi")
Publisher Privately printed.
Seal, Carver/Printer na
Image Size 10 x 14 3/4
Impression Very Fine.
Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; light "gauffrage"
(embosssing) to kimonos, mirror, and body area; crisp "key-lines," highly detailed carving.
Condition Very Good+++.
Excellent colors.
(Discoloration upper/right corner; bumping corners; light toning; slight wear.)
Very clean for "shunga."
Reference/Illus na
Comments From Utamaro's wonderful 1799 "The Prelude to Desire" series. Full-sized "shunga" prints by Utamaro are both highly desirable and difficult to locate.
Item # EG-147
Price $395 (Sold/PH)