19th May, 2023 13:00
KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753 - 1806)
Edo period, 18th / 19th Century
O-ban yoko-e, The Newlyweds, showing the young couple, the bride still wearing her traditional headdress, the second print titled Young lovers by a screen, the young man and his elegant partner coyly embark on their erotic adventure, looking for inspiration in a painting on a screen discreetly placed to the left of the scene an invisible to the viewer, each unmounted
22cm high, 32cm long; 22cm high, 32cm long (2)
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PROVENANCE:
English Private Collection, purchased at Christie's London
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