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Utagawa KUNIYOSHI (attr. to) (1797 - 1861)		Fishes with actors' heads
		Preparatory brush drawing; sumi (black ink) on thin paper. Date:                  1840s Size of sheet:     17 x 34 cms / c. 6 5/8" x 13 3/8" Condition:  Fine. ref. no.: # S-0905d Price:  € 850.00

A preparatory drawing most likely by Kuniyoshi for his Fishes with actors heads print series. KUNIYOSHI as a print artist excelled in a large variety of subject matter. - Of particular interest are his comic prints ('giga-e'), caricatures and depictions of animals in human guise or involved in human activities. Reference: - M. Forrer, Drawings by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - from the collection of the National Museum of Ethnology Leiden; The Hague, 1988. - B.W. Robinson, Drawings by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - in the collection of Ferd. Lieftinck of Haren, Holland; Groningen, 1953. - Fagioli, Utagawa Kuniyoshi: 90 disegni; Firenze, 1985. - Fagioli, Kuniyoshi - an appreciation of his drawings; in: ANDON no. 21; 1986

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