^Lot 975 17FU-7 GEISHA WOODBLOCK PRINT 1803 W/LETTERFramed and matted antique Japanese woodblock print; app

17FU-7 GEISHA WOODBLOCK PRINT 1803 W/LETTERFramed and matted antique Japanese woodblock print; approximately 23” x 17” overall showing some discoloration and fading from age; finely accomplished. Accompanied by an e-mail from Gloria Garaventa, JapaneseArt Consultant, who dates the woodblock ca. 1803 and notes it is signed by artist Utamaro (Kitagawa Utamaro, died 1806); entitled “Numazu (place name, one of the 53 stations of the Tokaido Road) and in theseries Bijin ichidal gojusan tsugi (Fifty-three Stations in the Life of a Beauty). Est.: $800-$1,600.Framed and matted antique Japanese woodblock print; approximately 23” x 17” overall showing some discoloration and fading from age; finely accomplished. Accompanied by an e-mail from Gloria Garaventa, JapaneseArt Consultant, who dates the woodblock ca. 1803 and notes it is signed by artist Utamaro (Kitagawa Utamaro, died 1806); entitled “Numazu (place name, one of the 53 stations of the Tokaido Road) and in theseries Bijin ichidal gojusan tsugi (Fifty-three Stations in the Life of a Beauty). Est.: $800-$1,600.