Beauty and Cage; Utamaro Japanese Woodblock Print

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Thanks for visiting Fuji Arts on Ebay! Bid with our commitment to you in mind- Always great service, always great prices, always going the extra mile. We encourage WORLDWIDE bidding with super low reserves- $5 domestic shipping & very reasonable international shipping. We will service your order domestic or international- guaranteed. Fuji Arts team members are available to assist you; email- or give us a call at (USA eastern time zone). We're happy to help! Utamaro (1750 - 1806) Japanese Woodblock reprint Beauty and an Insect Cage 1930's from Robert O. Muller collection Comments- A wonderful Utamaro print of a young beauty holding an insect cage used to hold fireflies captive in the summertime. Beautiful print with lovely color and detail. A very rare piece to find in a reprint and an excellent Utamaro subject. The silver hair ornaments treated with a wonderful shimmering mica detail. The white flowers in the insect cage stenciled on the surface in white pigment - a sign of a high quality reprinting. A fantastic Utamaro design and great choice for a collector. Artist & Signature- Utamaro (1750 - 1806) Size- 10 1/8" x 15 1/4" Provenance and our guarantee- Robert O. Muller collection, collected by Muller in Japan in the 1930's. Each print sold with certificate of authenticity from Fuji Arts (noting Muller collection provenance) . Condition- Excellent color and detail as shown. Light toning, very slight creasing. See photos for details. Excellent overall. Muller was known as a first rate conservator and took exquisite care when storing his prints. These woodblocks are clearly old prints showing the markers of paper that is 70 years old with the wonderful sense of an old print.Note; We strive to provide the best woodblock print photos on the net. Please view the print photos provided. All prints are offered "as shown." The Robert O. Muller Collection for Japanese art enthusiasts- Robert Muller is regarded by curators, collectors and scholars as the individual who compiled the finest collection of 20th century Japanese woodblock prints in the world. After his death in April of 2003, 4000 Japanese woodblock prints were donated to the Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian. Other parts of his collection were sold. Muller's collection was the major source of prints for several books on Japanese woodblocks and his prints were exhibited all over the world. Search the web to find out more about this important collection, you'll find several excellent articles and press releases. At Fuji Arts we're excited to offer pieces from a terrific acquisition; a wide ranging group of old ukiyo-e reprints from the Robert O. Muller collection. These prints are a great opportunity to collect some of the most famous images in Japanese art, in fine old editions, from a noted collection, at a tiny fraction of the cost of an original. Detail of this Print Print Reverse Below Collecting these old reprints- Collectors dream of owning and enjoying some of the most famous, historic, and beautiful Japanese print images of all time. While the works of Utamaro, Harunobu, Choki, Hokusai and Hiroshige are known to many, the cost of old originals is prohibitive to all but a few. Famous old prints sell for thousands, tens of thousands and sometimes, hundreds of thousands of dollars. Purchasing a fine old reprint is an exciting and gratifying way to collect a beautiful old print at a small fraction of those costs. How were these prints done? These beautiful woodblock reprints were done exactly as the originals. An artist carved a wood block, one for each color, and hand printed each print one color at a time. These old reprints are sought after for their meticulous attention to detail and color, rivaling the originals. Unlike the brighter, souvenir prints seen on the market these fine reprints show the attention to detail and careful color choices intended to exactly replicate the old originals. Bidding ... read more

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