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Follow her downward glance to the two puppies at the lower left, then compare their soft fur with the careful patterns of her sash and underrobe.
Besides designing prints, Utamaro painted, and this hanging scroll in ink and colors on paper dates from 1801 to 1804, a few years before his death in 1806. A tall woman holds a cloth between her lips, gathers up the hem of her robe and looks down at two puppies tumbling at her feet. The puppies are brushed in soft gray washes, while her layered robes are painted in blues, greens and gold.
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper · Overall: 173 × 39.6 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Woman with Puppies
- Artist
- Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
- Date
- 1801/4
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 173 × 39.6 cm (68 1/8 × 15 5/8 in.); 86.8 × 28.1 cm (34 3/16 × 11 1/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Roger L. Weston
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Ukiyo-e c. 1600–1900
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.