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衝立て前戯れる男女
Couple Smoking, with Maid Peeping over a Two-fold Screen
衝立て前戯れる男女
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1804 (Kyôwa 4/Bunka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.2 x 24.7 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession NumberRES.54.54
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #198; Ukiyo-e shûka 12 (1980), fig. 61 (Berès coll.)
DescriptionThe Minneapolis Institute of Art has two impressions of this design, one of which includes the signature "Utamaro hitsu," the kiwame seal, and the mark of publisher Iwatoya Kisaburô on the folding screen. The Berès collection impression, and the second impression in Minneapolis, have the signature only, in the lower left corner.
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)