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Item Ships From: Europe
Portrait of lady
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
Brown wooden frame with glass pane
44.5 x 35.5 x 1.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pencil
Lord David Cecil
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Albert Daniel Rutherston 1881-1953, was an English artist who painted, portraits, landscapes, illustrated books and designed stage sets. Two of his brothers were Sir William Rothenst...
Category
1940s Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Pierre Tal-Coat, Portrait of Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), circa 1930
By Pierre Tal-Coat
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre TAL COAT (1905-1985)
Portrait of Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), circa 1930
Pencil on Paper
Signed lower right
Numeroted “962” verso
21 x 18 cm
The son of a Breton fisherman, Pie...
Category
Mid-20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Ellen, A Greek Model - PreRaphaelite chalk portrait drawing
Located in London, GB
FREDERIC JAMES SHIELDS, ARWS
(1833-1911)
Ellen, A Greek Model
Signed and indistinctly inscribed with the name of the sitter on the reverse
Chalks
37 by 28.5 cm., 14 ½ by 11 ¼ in.
(frame size 63.5 by 54.5 cm., 25 by 21 ½ in.)
Provenance:
The Artist’s estate;
Private collection.
Shields was born in Hartlepool and brought up in extreme poverty with most of his family succumbing to TB. Employed by a commercial engraver he studied at evening classes in London and then in Manchester, where he settled in 1848. He was greatly impressed by the works of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which he saw at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition in 1857. The quality of his illustrations for Defoe’s History of the Plague (1862) and Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Antoniucci Volti - Torso - Signed Original Sanguine Drawing
By Antoniucci Volti
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Antoniucci Volti
Torso
Dimensions: 64,5 x 50 cm
Sanguine
Signed on the lower Right
Sculptor, painter, and printmaker Antoniucci Volti was born in Albano, Italy, in 1915. His family ...
Category
1960s Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Brian Chugg (1926-2003) - Framed Mid 20th Century Pen and Ink Drawing, My Mother
Located in Corsham, GB
Pen and watercolour sketch of the artist's mother. Signed in the lower left and dated 1950. Well presented in a slim wooden frame. On paper.
Category
20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Die Bildhauerin
By August Wilhelm Dressler
Located in Wien, 9
August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...
Category
20th Century Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Portrait - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Charcoal ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Sketch - Drawing by Jean Bernardin - Early-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is a drawing realized by Jean Bernardin the Early-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expr...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait of a Young Man, 20th Century Graphite on Paper
By James Stroudley
Located in London, GB
James Stroudley
1906 -1985
Portrait of a Young Man
Graphite on paper
Image size: 18 x 16 inches
James Stroudley was born in London on 17 June 1906, the son of James Stroudley, showcard and ticket writer. He studied at Clapham School of Art (1923-27) and then at the Royal College of Art (1927-30), where his teachers included Alan Gwynne-Jones and William Rothenstein. As a recipient of the first Abbey Scholarship he was able to spend three years in Italy from 1930, where he absorbed the influences of Giotto and Piero della Francesca, and produced one of the last wholly satisfying decorative cycles by a Rome Scholar of the period. From 1934, he exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, and was elected to its membership in the following year.
From the Second World War – in which he worked with the Camouflage Unit – Stroudley taught at St Martin’s School of Art and was a visiting lecturer at the Royal Academy Schools. Though he continued to live in London, his later work, exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1955, indicated regular painting trips to Kent and Sussex coasts. However, much of his later work was abstract. In 1971, his former student, Peter Coker...
Category
20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Heroin
By Karl Anton Fleck
Located in Wien, 9
Karl Anton Fleck's portraits captivate through reduction to the essential, as well as distortion and the use of details and symbols. The striking stroke creates clear contours and th...
Category
1980s Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Karagoto of the Chojiya, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijin-ga Series I (Nº1)
Title: Karagoto of The Chojiya
Head and bust portrait of the beautiful courtesan Karagoto, of the Chojiya House, who appears looking to her left while drying her right ear with the sleeve of her yukata (a fine summer garment, normally made of cotton that was normally used after bathing). The wide sleeve falls from her ear covering her right breast and leaving the left one uncovered.
This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...
Category
2010s Edo Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Smoking Man - Portrait of a Young Gentleman Antique English Watercolor Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
Fine 1930's English watercolor portrait of a smartly dressed young gentleman smoking a cigarette, possibly on a train. Signed lower right. Framed and glazed.
Artist: English School,...
Category
Early 20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Dame mit Hut
By August Wilhelm Dressler
Located in Wien, 9
August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...
Category
20th Century Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Peasant - Drawing in Black Marker Pen by Roger Clamagirand - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Peasant is an original Drawing on paper in 1958 realized by Roger Clamagirand.
Hand-signed and stamped on the lower and dated.
Black Marker Pen on paper.
Good conditions.
The art...
Category
1950s Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, The fickle type, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijing-ga Series XXII (Nº 22)
Title: THE FLICKLE TYPE
Upper half of the body of a woman in yukata (summer kymono) with part of her chest bare. Depicted just after a bath, she is turning her head and drying her hands with the towel hang on her shoulder. Her just-washed hair is tied around an ornate hairpin, the hair style called bai-mage (spiral-shell chignon).
The unkempt hair of the nape and the movement of the hands one on the other are clear examples of Utamaro's mastery, who had an exceptionally observant eye for women.
The Fickle ( or Fancy-free) Type is flirting with more than one member of the opposite sex
This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...
Category
2010s Edo Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Frau bei Tisch sitzend
By August Wilhelm Dressler
Located in Wien, 9
August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...
Category
20th Century Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Proffesor Nevill Coghill
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Albert Rutherston 1881-1953, was an English artist, who painted portraits, landscapes, illustrated books and designed stage sets. Two of his brothers were Sir William Rothenstein and...
Category
1940s Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Studies of seated figures
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
GIUSEPPE BOSSI
(1777-1815)
Studies of seated figures
Pen and ink on paper
18 x 14 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, France
Giuseppe Bossi was an Italian Neoclassical painter, dra...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Young Girl with Pink Ribbon - Original Charcoals Drawing
By Gustave Poetzsch
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950)
Young Girl with Pink Ribbon
Original charcoals and pencil drawing
Stamp of the Estate auction sale on the back
On linen vellum 26 x 20 cm (c. 10.5 x 8 ...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Elegant woman nude portrait in red oil on canvas by contemporary Italian painter
By Simone Geraci
Located in Milan, IT
Young Sicilian (Italy) painter, Simone Geraci was born in 1985 in Palermo, where he lives and works. In 2012, he graduated from Accademia di Belle Arti of Palermo with a major in art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Baby Boy - Original Charcoals Drawing
By Gustave Poetzsch
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950)
Baby Boy
Original charcoals and pencil drawing
Stamp of the Estate auction sale on the back
On grey vellum 22 x 26 cm (c. 9 x 1...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Figures - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1960 ca.
Drawing pen on yellowed paper. Hand Signed on the lower right margin.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Siena,...
Category
1960s Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Portrait of Man - Drawing attri. to Emilio Giannelli - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is a modern artwork realized in the 1990s and attributed to Emilio Giannelli.
Black and white china ink drawing on paper.
Category
1990s Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Portrait of Man - Drawing attri. to Emilio Giannelli - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is a modern artwork realized in the 1990s and attributed to Emilio Giannelli
Black and white china ink drawing on paper.
Category
1990s Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Boy with Long Blond Hair - Original Charcoals Drawing
By Gustave Poetzsch
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950)
Boy with Long Blond Hair, c. 1900
Original charcoals and pencil drawing
Stamp of the Estate auction sale on the back
On cream vellum 23.5 x 31 cm (c. 9...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Lady Wearing a Yellow Hat - Original Signed Charcoals Drawing
By Gustave Poetzsch
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950)
Lady Wearing a Yellow Hat
Original charcoals drawing
Signed bottom left
on tinted linen watermarked paper 24 x 31 cm (c. 9 x ...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Two studies of Woman Profile - Original Charcoals Drawing - Circa 1920
By Gustave Poetzsch
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950)
Two studies of Woman Profile
Original sanguine charcoal drawing
Stamp of the Estate auction sale on the back
on linen paper 25 x 40 cm (c. 10 x 16 in)
...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Peaceful Woman - Original Signed Charcoals Drawing - 1929
By Gustave Poetzsch
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950)
Peaceful Woman, 1929
Original charcoals drawing
Signed bottom right
on tinted linen paper 43 x 31 cm (c. 17 x 12 in)
Stamp of the Estate auction sale o...
Category
1920s Realist Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
" Christ Roi "
Located in CANNES, FR
Paco Rabanne ( 1934-2023 )
" Christ Roi " is an original and rare drawing , signed , dated .
" succession Paco Rabanne "
framed with museum glass : 38 x29 cm
drawing : 29 x 21 cm
...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper
Tattoed character Geneviève Seillé Contemporary art outsider art drawing colour
By Geneviève Seillé
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media drawing on paper
Dated and signed on the back
In the plastic work of Geneviève Seillé, the word, like a sign, reigns supreme. An object o...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
The Alchimist (Portrait of Giorgio Morandi) - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
L'Alchimista (The Alchimist, Portrait of Giorgio Morandi) is a drawing on paper, realized around the Sixties by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Portrait of Carlo Forte
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Carlo Forte is a drawing on paper, realized in the Mid-20th Century by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Charcoal and pencil ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Portrait of Guelfo Bianchini - Drawing by Sergio Barletta - 1959
By Sergio Barletta
Located in Roma, IT
Ritratto di Guelfo Bianchini is a pen and watercolor drawing on paper realized by Sergio Barletta in 1959.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower margin.
In very good conditions.
S...
Category
1950s Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Felt Pen
Sans titre
By Albert Chubac
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil and acrylic on paper
original work
circa 1960
H 74,5 x 56 x 3 cm (framed)
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Portrait - Drawing by François Chapuis - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an artwork realized by François Chapuis in the 1970s.
Mixed media on paper.
Hand-signed on the lower right.
Good conditions.
The artwork is linear and simple with ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Male Profile - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Profilo maschile (Male profile) is al drawing on paper, realized around the Sixties by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Pencil drawing...
Category
1950s Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait - Drawing by François Chapuis - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an artwork realized by François Chapuis in the 1976.
Mixed media on Paper.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower right.
Good conditions
The portrait is linear and simp...
Category
1970s Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Portrait of Carlo Forte - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Carlo Forte is a drawing on paper, realized in the Mid-20th Century by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Charcoal and pencil ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Boris Sporykhin, Interior With Girls Reading, Drawing
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-20th-century drawing by Russian artist Boris Sporykhin (1928-2020) depicts two girls reading within an interior. They also appear in an earlier oil painting, so it’s plausib...
Category
1950s Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative painting, Reflective Love, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijing-Ga Series XII (Nº 12)
Title: Reflective Love.
Lovely portrait of a beauty looking over her shoulder.
In Reflective Love (from the Utamaro...
Category
2010s Edo Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Sketch - Drawing by Serge Fotisnky - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is an artwork realized by Serge Fotisnky (1887-1971) , in the Mid-20th Century.
Drawing in Charcoal.
Stam-signed
Good conditions except some yellowing due by time.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of a Woman - Drawing by Roland Cruypelants - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Woman is an Artwork realized by the Artist Roland Cruypelants (1882-1947).
Drawing pencil on paper, Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
The artwork...
Category
20th Century Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Winner - Drawing by Yus - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
The Winner is a drawing artwork realized by Yus in the 1980s.
Watercolour and ink drawing on paper.
Hand-signed on the lower right.
The state of preservation is good.
Th artw...
Category
1990s Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Portrait of a Man - Drawing by Jacqueline Barbet - 1944
By Jacqueline Barbet
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Man is an artwork realized by the french Artist Jacqueline Barbet (1902-1975), in 1944.
Drawing Charcoal on paper. Hand-signed and numbered in pencil in Roman numerals...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Teaching Drawing to Children - Drawing by Alexandre Lagrant - The Early 20th
Located in Roma, IT
Teaching Drawing to Children is a drawing artwork realized by Alexandre Lagrant in the early 20th Century.
Pencil and ink drawing on paper.
The state of preservation is good with s...
Category
20th Century Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Portrait of Men - Original - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Men is an Artwork realized by the French Artist Gaston Charles Vuillier.
Drawing-ink on paper.
The artist wants to define a well-balanced composition, through precis...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Untitled - Drawing by Cristian Uboldi - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a drawing, realized in 1952, by the Artist Cristian Uboldi.
Black and white mixed media on paper. Hand Signed and dated on the right corner.
The artist wants to def...
Category
1950s Contemporary Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Teaching Drawing to Children - Drawing by Alexandre Lagrant - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Teaching Drawing to Children is a drawing artwork realized by Alexandre Lagrant in the early 20th Century.
Pencil and ink drawing on paper.
The state of preservation is good with s...
Category
1930s Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Red Tulip - Marker Drawing by Ferdinando Codognotto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Red Tulip is an artwork realized by Ferdinando Codognotto in 2023.
Black and color marker on paper.
Hand-signed in the lower right margin and dated
Good conditions.
Category
2010s Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Come back Julien Wolf Contemporary art drawing expressionnist outsider colour
By Julien Wolf
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel on paper pasted on canvas
Hand-signed on the back by the artist
“At first glance, we are invited to a colorful carnival. Everything is movement here! As if Julien Wolf had tr...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Pastel
Portrait of Gentleman - Drawing by Alfred Grevin - Late 19th Century
By Alfred Grevin
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Gentleman is a drawing in Pencil, Charcoal, and watercolor realized by Alfred Grévin in the late 19th Century.
Applied on a Passeprtout.
Hand-signed in pencil
In good ...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Gilbert & George, The World of Gilbert & George - Signed Ink Wash Drawing
By Gilbert & George
Located in Hamburg, DE
Gilbert & George (British, b. 1942 and 1943)
The World of Gilbert & George: The Storyboard, 2001
Medium: Ink wash drawing on paper (and artist’s book)
Dimensions: 20.3 x 29.2 cm (8 x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Glo Williams (b.1940) - 20th Century Charcoal Drawing, Singing Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed. Presented in a white-painted wooden frame. On paper.
Category
20th Century Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Takashimayaoisha, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
Beijing-ga Series XXX (nº 30)
Title: “Takashimaohisa”
Ohisa, along with Okita and Tomimoto Toyohina, were the three most famous beauties of the time. The first two were waitresses...
Category
2010s Edo Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Somenosuke of the Matsubaya Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijin-ga series XXV (Nº 25)
Title: SOMENOSUKE OF THE MATSUBAYA
Somenosuke of house Matsubaya, known as a youthful courtesan who quickly rose through the ranks of popularity is shown producing a concealed letter, glancing about to confirm she is indeed alone.
The highlights of the drawing are the fine carving of the courtesan´s hair-line and the fine dress; an elegant kimono with vivid colors and intricate dessing.
This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...
Category
2010s Edo Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Bijin Ôkubi, Edo Period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijin-ga series XXIX (Nº 29)
Title: Bijin Ôkubi
Upper torso portrait of a Japanese beauty, depicted with a graceful hand gesture and an ornate headdress. Her soft round features contrast with the colourful sharp angles of the collars of her kimono.
Her elongated oval face, straight nose and red butterfly lips are typical of the prototype of a beautiful woman, Bijin-ga. Her upper torso and face occupying the central section of the picture show a composition type that became known in time as Large-head pictures, or Okubi-e; compositions with which Utamaro became a model for generations of woodblock artists.
This image is part of the Bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...
Category
2010s Edo Europe - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite
