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Courtesan with an Adolescent Client, frontispiece of the shunga album Unraveling the Threads of Desire
Title:
Courtesan with an Adolescent Client, frontispiece of the shunga album Unraveling the Threads of Desire
Artist(s):
Kitagawa Utamaro
Date:
1799
Location:
Not on display
Century:
18th Century AD
Media:
Color Woodcut
Dimensions:
Image: 253 x 381 mm (9 15/16 x 15 in.) Cropped
Department:
Achenbach Foundation
Object Type:
Print
Country:
Japan
Continent:
Asia
Accession Number:
41.42.119
Acquisition Date:
1941-11-13
Credit Line:

Katherine Ball Collection

Exhibition History:

Japanesque: The Japanese Print in the Era of Impressionism
CPLH Temporary Exhibition Galleries
October 16, 2010 - January 9, 2011