KUNISADA (1786–1865). A lady holding a cup
Artist:
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)
Subject:
A woman with a cup in her hand as she prepares to go to bed. Next to her futon is a box with a smoking set. A calendar print, the numbers of the short or long months are shown on the box.
Series:
Hyakunin bijo (One hundred beauties)
Signature:
Unsigned like all the prints in this series with the exception of a surimono depicting a woman reading a letter of which a version signed Gototei Kunisada ga is known.
Date:
ca. 1825
Size:
Daisho surimono koban size, 19x13 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print with use of metallic pigments.
Literature:
For a discussion of this series of surimono see Chris Uhlenbeck, Commercially produced surimono in The Poetic Image. The Fine Art of Surimono. Leiden 1987, p.17-19.
Conditions:
Fine impression with the kimono pattern finely printed with silver pigments, fine color and conditions.
Item no:
D 461
Price:
Euro 600
Status:
Available