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Kitagawa Utamaro — Kappa violating an awabi diver | Edo period, late 18th century
Kitagawa Utamaro

Kappa violating an awabi diver | Edo period, late 18th century

Kitagawa Utamaro's 'Kappa Violating an Awabi Diver' is a late 18th-century woodblock print from the shunga album 'Pillow Book' (Utamakura), published in 1788. The print features the collector's seal H.V. and retains its original Sotheby's documentation with the Henri Vever monogram.

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woodblock print, shunga, from the album the Pillow Book (Utamakura), published by Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo) in 1788; with collector’s seal H.V., with original Sotheby's paper sale folder depicting Henri Vever monogram
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Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints

July 14, 2022

Estimate: $10,000 – $15,000

Lot 12

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Kitagawa Utamaro, Kappa violating an awabi diver | Edo period, late 18th century

Kitagawa Utamaro's 'Kappa Violating an Awabi Diver' is a late 18th-century woodblock print from the shunga album 'Pillow Book' (Utamakura), published in 1788. The print features the collector's seal H.V. and retains its original Sotheby's documentation with the Henri Vever monogram.

Medium
woodblock print, shunga, from the album the Pillow Book (Utamakura), published by Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo) in 1788; with collector’s seal H.V., with original Sotheby's paper sale folder depicting Henri Vever monogram
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Shunga, Blue, Historic, Japanese, Erotic, Edo Period, Narrative, Woodblock Print, Mythological, Figurative

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Art Institute of Chicago