KITAGAWA UTAMARO: double-sided hosoban (31.4 x 14.1 cm.); a full-length portrait of Okita of the Naniwaya printed on both sides of the paper, the 'front' showing Okita holding in her left hand a cup and saucer and in her right a box containing smoking materials, the 'back' showing the rest of the box, the back of the figure and the cup from the other side, inscribed at the top Naniwaya Okita, signed Utamaro ga, publisher unknown-- good impression, now quite rubbed, color faded, small hole below belt, slightly soiled, paper thin

Details

KITAGAWA UTAMARO: double-sided hosoban (31.4 x 14.1 cm.); a full-length portrait of Okita of the Naniwaya printed on both sides of the paper, the 'front' showing Okita holding in her left hand a cup and saucer and in her right a box containing smoking materials, the 'back' showing the rest of the box, the back of the figure and the cup from the other side, inscribed at the top Naniwaya Okita, signed Utamaro ga, publisher unknown-- good impression, now quite rubbed, color faded, small hole below belt, slightly soiled, paper thin

Provenance

Frank Lloyd Wright, The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Japanese Antique Prints..., New York, Anderson Galleries, January 6-7, 1927

Lot Essay

Another impression of this rare print was sold in these Rooms September 22 and 23, 1983, lot 65