cma-japanese-art: Woman Drying Her Hands (from the series Ten Aspects of the Physiognomy of Women),
cma-japanese-art: Woman Drying Her Hands (from the series Ten Aspects of the Physiognomy of Women), Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1793, Cleveland Museum of Art: Japanese ArtThe pose in which Utamaro presents this beauty is typical of Japanese painting and prints. The three-quarter face is rendered with the simple outline of the eyebrow and cheek, a single line for the nose, narrow eyes, and half-parted, petal-like lips. Not the likeness of a specific individual, the print instead portrays a particular mood or character. The pink mica background was created by covering the image of the woman with a stencil and then brushing mica mixed with pink color and an adhesive onto the background. The print comes from a series that represents women from different classes.Size: Sheet: 36.9 x 25.4 cm (14 ½ x 10 in.)Medium: color woodblock printhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1930.218 -- source link
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