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Female Figure

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SKU: TRG-PRINT-UNF-METM-54967 Category: Giclee Prints Tags: Asian, Figures Artist: Utamaro, Kitagawa

Tags: Asian, Figures

Description

In Female Figure, a single beauty stands in a trailing floral robe, turning partly away within the long, narrow painting. Small calligraphy shares the open space around her while the surrounding dark mounting emphasizes the figure’s extended form. Attributed to Kitagawa Utamaro, the work concentrates attention on one painted presence, allowing costume and direction of the body to shape the encounter.

Painted in color on silk during the Edo period, the work has a material identity distinct from the woodblock prints more often associated with Utamaro. The qualified attribution leaves its authorship open while the figure retains an immediate visual presence. The painted surface invites attention to the relationship between costume and body, allowing the person to carry the encounter through the composition rather than an elaborate surrounding narrative.

Read our guide to giclée prints or browse the Kitagawa Utamaro collection.