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The Hour of the Snake (from the series A Clock for Young Women) by Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1796 – art print
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Kitagawa Utamaro

The Hour of the Snake (from the series A Clock for Young Women)

c. 1796 · art print

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  • Frame 50 × 70 cm (20 × 28 in), image 39 × 60 cm inside a 5 cm white mount
  • Fine art print on Enhanced Matte Art paper, 200 g
  • Got a frame already? The unframed print is the full sheet in a standard frame size – measure the glass and it fits. A new picture for a frame you already have
  • Framed finishes arrive assembled with a 5 cm acid-free white mount, ready to hang. Frame sizes are the mount's outer size; the frame profile adds 2 cm on each side
  • Printed and framed to order, delivery included, 5–10 working days
  • 14-day right of withdrawal. Terms
  • Public domain artwork. Source: Public domain, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1921.345 (CC0)

About the work

The Hour of the Snake (from the series A Clock for Young Women) is a color woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro, dated c. 1796. It belongs to the series A Clock for Young Women. Kitagawa Utamaro (c. 1753–1806) was a master of the Japanese woodblock print, best known for his portraits of women. He framed faces close up, with fine lines and soft colour, and his prints were collected in Europe from the 1860s on. The original is in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art.

Kitagawa Utamaro · The Hour of the Snake (from the series A Clock for Young Women) · c. 1796 · Color woodblock print · Ukiyo-E

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