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Art Subject: Face
WNEW Mel Torme
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 45 x 29.5 inches ( 114.3 x 74.93 cm )
Image Size: 41.75 x 26.75 inches ( 106.045 x 67.945 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: B: Very Good Condition, with signs of handling or age...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Eternal Problem" - 1924 Etching on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Eternal Problem" - 1924 Etching on Paper
Etching on paper titled "Eternal Problem" by Elias M. Grossman (American, 1898-1947). A bearded rabbi is portrayed thinking with his hand p...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
Samuel Garth, portrait engraving, c1820
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving by Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) after the painting by Godfrey Kneller.
Houbraken was a Dutch engraver famous for his series of portraits of famous English his...
Category
Early 19th Century Renaissance Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Monograph: GERHARD RICHTER PORTRAITS (official hand signed book - 1 of only 50)
Located in New York, NY
Gerhard Richter
GERHARD RICHTER PORTRAITS (official hand signed copy), 2009
Hardback monograph with dust jacket (official hand signed copy)
Hand signed by Gerhard Richter on the titl...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
Original "RADIO L. M. T. La Meilleure Tonalite" vintage French radio poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: Radio L.M.T. "La Meilleure Tonalite". Elle l'aime tant.
French antique vintage poster for the L. M. T. Radio. The radio wit...
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pink Marilyn II - Marilyn Monroe Oversize Pop Art
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Pink Marilyn II
by BATIK
Archival pigment pop art print signed & limited edition.
paper size 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm
signed and numbered by the artist on front
edition of 15...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Ohh Baby ! - Hand Signed Limited Edition by BATIK
Located in London, GB
Ohh Baby ! - Hand Signed Limited Edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss
Archival Pigment Print
BATÍK is a London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist.
Measures 60 x 40 inc...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Portrait - Etching by Francis Brooks Chadwick - 1915
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint realized by Chadwick in 1915.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
There is a nice red ink stamp depicting a duck placed on the bottom margin of one sheet.
Very...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Thomas Marquis of Wharton, portrait engraving, c1820
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving by Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) after the painting by Godfrey Kneller.
Houbraken was a Dutch engraver famous for his series of portraits of famous English his...
Category
Early 19th Century Renaissance Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
René de Laudonnière Sablais (de Burdigale). After Crispjin van de Passe I
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: 1861
Etching, drypoint, and engraving on cream laid paper, 6 x 4 1/4 inches (152 x 108 mm), full margins. Dog-eared left corner, extending 3-inches into the sheet, but well ou...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Drypoint, Etching
Portrait - Etching by Francis Brooks Chadwick - 1915
Located in Roma, IT
Outstanding etching realized by Chadwick in 1915,
Monogrammed in pencil lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Ayumi, Marketing Digital Painting Pop Art Print
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Pop Art Digital Painting Portrait Print
In his work, Ralf Schmidt combines elements of illustration, graphic design, and painting to create a distinctive, stylized realism with Pop ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Plexiglass, Digital, Digital Pigment
Florian, Galerist Pop Art Portrait
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Florian, Galerist Portrait Painting Pop Art Print
In his work, Ralf Schmidt combines elements of illustration, graphic design, and painting to create a distinctive, stylized realism...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Plexiglass, Digital, Digital Pigment
Wolodymyr, President Painting Pop Art Print
Located in Winterswijk, NL
President Wolodymyr Painting Pop Art Print
In his work, Ralf Schmidt combines elements of illustration, graphic design, and painting to create a distinctive, stylized realism with P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Plexiglass, Digital, Digital Pigment
A Young Woman of Otaheite, Dancing (Tahiti) 1784 Captain Cooks Voyage by Webber
By John Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
A Young Woman of Taheite Dancing (Tahiti) is from the 1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook.John Webber (1752-...
Category
1780s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Picasso, Composition (Hodorisch B2), Le manuscrit trouvé dans un chapeau (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin des papeteries Lafúma paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Le manuscrit trouvé dans un chapeau, orné de dessins a la ...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Thomas Wentworth Earl of Strafford, portrait engraving, c1820
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving by Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641).
Houbraken was a Dutch engraver famous for his series of portraits of famous English hi...
Category
Early 19th Century Renaissance Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Morning
Located in New Orleans, LA
Caroline Durieux created the technique (electron print) used in the depiction of "Morning".e. This is only one of 5 impressions. Some have theorized that the image is close to that of the artist's brother, Professor Charles Durieux.
In the electron print technique, radioactive isotopes are mixed with printing ink. A drawing is made and exposed face-to-face to paper coated with a radio-sensitized substance. The paper is then developed and produces an exact image of the original drawing.
“The image is transferred from the radioactive drawing to the sensitized paper by invisible beta rays,” says Dr. Wheeler. “Since beta rays are electrons, we named the process Electron Printing.”
Caroline Durieux (American, 1896 – 1989)
Printmaker, painter, satirist, innovator, social activist, Caroline Durieux was born in New Orleans and was already making sketches by the age of four. Her formal art training was at Newcomb College (1912-1917) and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1918-1920).
Carl Zigrosser of the Philadelphia Museum of Art encouraged Durieux to try lithography. While living in Mexico, she learned lithography from Emilio Amero...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper, Lithograph
Man Ray smoking
By Andy Warhol
Located in Torino, TO
Andy Warhol met Man Ray in person in 1973 in Paris, right in the apartment of the legendary surrealist and Dadaist. They took Polaroid photos that Warhol used as the basis for a seri...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
L'Ete Exalte 1981 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Guillaume Corneille
Summer 1981
L'Ete Exalte
Print, Signed Lithograph on wove paper
25.5 x 20 " inches
Signed in pencil and dated and marked AP 20/25 ( Artist Proof )
As a co-fo...
Category
1980s Abstract Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Keswick" By Ed Fairburn, Limited Edition Poster Print, Nude Portrait of Woman
Located in Denver, CO
"Keswick" is a limited edition poster print by the acclaimed UK artist Ed Fairburn. This captivating piece is reproduced onto 100% 290gsm cotton rag premium archival Moab paper with ...
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Surreal Grail VI (halo, starry arch)
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Surreal Grail VI (halo, starry arch) 2019, digital collage, print, framed and matted, figurative, Digital Print / Feminist Art and Contemporary Feminist / Surrealistic / Human Figure...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Digital
Portrait Imaginare 1981 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Guillaume Corneille
Portrait Imaginare 1981
Print, Signed Lithograph on wove paper
25.5 x 19.5 " inches
Signed in pencil and dated and marked 200/200
As a co-founder of the famed ...
Category
1980s Abstract Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
SLAVE TO FASHION, Signed Lithograph, City Woman Walking Dog, Animal Print Coat
By Robin Morris
Located in Union City, NJ
SLAVE TO FASHION by the woman artist Robin Morris, is an original limited edition lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques(not a photo reproduction or digital print) on a...
Category
1980s Art Deco Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait - Etching by Wilhelm Leibl - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an etching on paper realized by Wilhelm Leibl in the Early-20th Century.
The artwork is depicted Through strong strokes.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
COSMIC HOLIDAY Hand Drawn Lithograph, Dreamy Face Portrait, Psychedelic Pop Art
By Peter Max
Located in Union City, NJ
COSMIC HOLIDAY is an original hand drawn lithograph by Peter Max printed using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Somerset printmakin...
Category
1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Marcelle - Lithograph after H. de Toulouse-Lautrec - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Marcelle is a modern artwork realized in the mid-20th century.
Mixed colored lithograph after H. de Toulouse-Lautrec.
The artwork is a reproduction of the original painting realize...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Jennie
By Shelly Fink
Located in New York, NY
Sheldon Fink (American, 1925-2002), "Jennie" Artist Proof, Lithograph signed on Paper, 14 x 17, Late 20th Century, 1960s
Depicts female "Jennie" sleeping ...
Category
1960s American Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Rouault, Portrait, Divertissement (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Divertissement, 1943. Published by Tériade, éditeur, Édit...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
American Muse
Located in Kansas City, MO
Roger Shimomura
American Muse
Year: 2017
10 Color Lithograph
Edition: 36
Paper: Rives BFK, White
Paper Size: 28 x 27.25 inches
Image Size: 24 x 24.25 inches
Signed and numbered by ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait of Marquard Freher, aged forty-nine
Located in Middletown, NY
Engraving on hand made laid paper, 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches (210 x 148 mm), thread margins. An approximately 1-inch vertical repaired tear extends into the image area at the top center ...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Engraving
Japanese Costume - Lithograph by Emile Gallois - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph and pochoir realized by Emile Gallois in the mid-20th Century ca. to illustrate japanese costumes.
Signed in the plate.
Published by H. Laurens, Paris.
Very good condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Saint Simon, from Christ and the Apostles
By Ludolf Ludwig Businck
Located in Middletown, NY
Chiaroscuro woodcut on cream laid paper, printed from three blocks in black, olive-green, and yellow ochre, 8 3/16 x 6 1/4 inches (207 x 157 mm), thread margins. Some scattered light discoloration throughout, lightly backed with laid paper, however the sheet retains translucence when viewed through raking light. Trimmed at or near the margin. Archivally sound small repaired corner tear, upper right, with a very minor (1/4 inch) vertical edge split in the center top margin, above the figure's head. All condition issues are consistent with age, and present an exceptionally good example of this truly remarkable work. With the collector's stamp of Friedrich August II, King of Saxony, last King of Poland (1797-1854), Dresden, on the right corner, recto (Lugt 971). This work likely appeared in a well-known posthumous sale of Friedrich August II's private collection, which was handled by C.G. Boerner, and took place in Leipzig, on May 7-9, 1928, presumably this print was presented as lot 1551.
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Ludolph Busïnck was born at Hann, Germany around 1590. By about 1620 he was actively working as a printmaker in Paris, collaborating with publisher and celebrated cartographer Melchoir Tavernier. Busïnck may have studied printmaking in the Netherlands, evidenced by the influence of Dutch printmaker Hendrick Goltzius we see in the bold woodcuts he produced in France. Busïnck was the first printmaker to create chiaroscuro woodcuts in France, a technique originated by German artist Hans Burgkmair...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Japanese Costume - Lithograph by Emile Gallois - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph and pochoir realized by Emile Gallois in the mid-20th Century ca. to illustrate japanese costumes.
Signed in the plate.
Published by H. Laurens, Paris.
Very good condit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Vernet-'Portrait of Napoleon' 1972-Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This poster reproduces Émile Jean-Horace Vernet’s iconic 1815 portrait of Emperor Napoleon I, capturing the Emperor’s commanding presence and imperial authority. A leading figure in ...
Category
1970s Renaissance Portrait Prints
Materials
Offset
Fisherman - Etching by Giovanni Omiccioli - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Fisherman is a beautiful etching realized in 1971 by the Italian artist Giovanni Omiccioli (Rome, 1901-1975).
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right and dated. Numbered on the l...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Haddon Hall - theater poster, full lithograph
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: Haddon Hall. Original theater vintage poster, archival linen backed. Printed in the United Kingdom. Vintage theater poster...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Drugs Don't Work II - Oversize signed limited edition - Pop Art - Twiggy
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
The Drugs Don't Work II - Oversize limited edition - Pop Art - Twiggy
by the London based contemporary pop art
image creator and artist, BATIK.
Measures 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 41 ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
M. Russian - El Superior-del Bellarose
Located in Southampton, NY
Artist proof edition of 150
Signed in pencil lower right and in pencil lower left
Sight size 18 x 12 in
Overall size in Museum quality matted frame 30 x 23 in
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Viscount Thomas Belasise: 17th Century Hand-colored Portrait by Robert White
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored engraving by Robert White (1645-1703) after a painting by Abraham Blooteling (or Bloteling) (1634–1690) entitled "The Effigies of the Right honorable: Thomas B...
Category
Late 17th Century Other Art Style Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving
Marilyn Monroe Pink Teal No.5 Oversize Pop Art
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Marilyn Monroe Pink Teal No.5
by BATIK
Archival pigment pop art print signed & limited edition.
paper size 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm
signed and numbered by the artist on front ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Black Prophet (Marcus Garvey) 3
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Print
Offest Ink on Linen
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Linen, Ink
VOTE BIDEN, signed Lt Ed screenprint based upon Warhol's portrait of McGovern
Located in New York, NY
Dread Scott
VOTE BIDEN, 2020
Screenprint on wove paper
Signed, dated and numbered 24/100 in graphite pencil on the back
26 × 26 inches
Unframed
The screenprint, which references And...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Indonesian Costume - Lithograph by Emile Gallois - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph and pochoir realized by Emile Gallois in the mid-20th Century ca. to illustrate indonesian costumes.
Signed in the plate.
Published by H. Laurens, Paris.
Very good cond...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Indonesian Costume - Lithograph by Emile Gallois - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph and pochoir realized by Emile Gallois in the mid-20th Century ca. to illustrate indonesian costumes.
Signed in the plate.
Published by H. Laurens, Paris.
Very good cond...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Timeless classic, Street Art, Pop Art, bust
By Jay-C
Located in München, BY
Edition 5
A bust in Street art style
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a distinct and fine Br...
Category
2010s Street Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Self-Portrait I, Modern Drypoint and aquatint by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Self-Portrait I (Portrait de l'artiste I), Year: 1946, Medium: Drypoint and aquatint on BFK Rives, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 50,...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Zero's Friend (framed hand signed lithograph)
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in colors on paper. Hand signed and dated lower front by Peter Max. Hand numbered 74/165 lower left. Sheet size: 27 x 21.5 inches. Frame size: 34 x 28 inches (black fr...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Portrait au Cou Bleu, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, After, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - Portrait au Cou Bleu, Portfolio: Marina Picasso Estate Lithograph Collection, Year: 1946 Year Printed: 1979-1982, Medium: Lithograph...
Category
1980s Cubist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"James Cagney" in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" signed original etching by Al Hirschfeld
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"James Cagney" original etching by Al Hirschfeld. Caricature portrait of Jimmy Cagney in "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Hand pulled from an edition of 200 plus 30 artist's proofs and 2 print...
Category
1980s Other Art Style Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
To Drink in Excess
By Cornelis Visscher
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper, full margins. Trimmed at the plate mark. Scattered light caramel colored areas of discoloration in the sheet corners, light skinning on the verso at the ...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching
Indonesian Costume - Lithograph by Emile Gallois - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph and pochoir realized by Emile Gallois in the mid-20th Century ca. to illustrate indonesian costumes.
Signed in the plate.
Published by H. Laurens, Paris.
Very good cond...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Matremonial Blessing
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Print
Offest Ink on Linen
Size: 36W x 42Hx 2 D In
Unmounted artwork
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Authentic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Linen, Ink
Designer Homage: Mara Hoffman 2020 Collection
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Designer Homage: Mara Hoffman 2020 Collection", 2021, digital collage, print, matted and framed, figurative, Digital Print / Feminist Art and Contemporar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Digital
The Smoker at the Window by David Deuchar, after Ostade
Located in Middletown, NY
Deuchar, David (after van Ostade). The Smoker at the Window. Edinburgh: 1800. Etching on cream laid paper, 4 1/2 x 4 inches (119 x 100 mm), thread margins. Left top corner expertly r...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Just Marilyn - Lithograph by Alejo Vidal-Quadras - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Just Marilyn is a black and white lithograph realized by Alejo Vidal-Quadras in the 20th century.
Hand-signed by the artist in pencil on the lower right. Numbered in pencil on the...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait of a Young Boy
By Cuno Amiet 1
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is from my private collection. It is artist pencil signed and numbered. It is in very good condition.
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
A Set of Six Bust Portraits of Beauties - Jidai Kagami (Mirror of the Ages).
Located in London, GB
CHIKANOBU, Yoshu (1838–1912)
A Set of Six Bust Portraits of Beauties - Jidai Kagami (Mirror of the Ages).
1896-1898
A Set of Six oban tate-e woodblock prints of okubi-e (bust portraits) of beauties, titled Jidai kagami (Mirror of the Ages), documenting the fashions of former times (from the Keicho to the Meiji era) in chronological order, each sheet with a beautiful woman in sumptuous costume depicted at the lower section and a rectangular panel at the top which makes a reference to the era, some sheets with lacquer and embossed details, published by Matsuki Heikichi, variously dated Meiji 29, 30 and 31 (1896-8), all signed Yoshu Chikanobu. Each sheet approx. 36 x 23.7 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/8 in).
oyohara Chikanobu (1838–1912), better known to his contemporaries as Yōshū Chikanobu, was one of the most successful woodblock print artists of Japan's Meiji period. He lived at a time when Japan saw the reinstatement of the emperor as ruler and underwent rapid westernization. He worked both with traditional subjects, such as actors, courtesans, scenes of famous sites, beautiful women, and with topical subjects, such as the Satsuma Rebellion (1877) and the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). Chikanobu used the flat planes and decorative patterning of the ukiyo-e tradition to striking effect, adding brilliant colors, especially reds, purples, and blues to his compositions.
More precisely, Ukiyo-e, or ukiyo-ye (in Japanese: "pictures of the floating world"), is a genre of woodblock prints and paintings that flourished in Japan from the 17th through 19th centuries. It was aimed at the prosperous merchant class in the urbanizing Edo period (1603–1867). Amongst the popular themes were depictions of beautiful women, as is the case here with these okubi-e prints (i.e. bust portraits); kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica.
One of Chikanobu’s best series, A Mirror of the Ages shows women by fashion and hair style throughout history. Despite a sense of longing for the past, these prints are unmistakably modern and of their time. Each print depicts a beauty from a certain period in the lower part and customs at that time, in grisaille, in the upper part - a way to tell viewers about the latest fashion and historical backgroud at that time. The quality of printing is outstanding, especially in Chikanobu’s use of white for the rendering of the powdered faces. Indeed, Chikanobu was known as a master of bijinga (images of beautiful women), and for illustrating changes in women's fashion, including both traditional and Western clothing...
Category
1890s Other Art Style Portrait Prints
Materials
Wood
