Mother and Child

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NOTE: All Giclee prints on PAPER are printed and cut to exact size. If you would like extra paper around your print please let us know. We can add an extra 1/4" or 1/2" of paper on all sides upon request. This selection does not apply for the stretched canvas or framed products.

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A mother in a long pale robe with a dark floral upper garment leans over a child carried near her back and shoulder. A round inset image occupies the right, giving the close arrangement another visual accent. Kitagawa Utamaro makes the family relationship an intimate encounter, allowing differing positions and surrounding fabric to shape the pair’s shared presence.

Dating to around 1800, the woodblock print uses ink and color on paper. Its Edo-period subject gives an ordinary human relationship a continuing visual presence, allowing the encounter to receive sustained attention beyond the routines of daily life. The image’s appeal lies in that familiar connection, where two figures can carry meaning through their shared presence rather than an elaborate narrative explaining what has brought them together.