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Abalone Divers by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Abalone Divers

Abalone Divers

Kitagawa Utamaro

1788

Medium: Right-hand sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 14 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. (37.8 x 24.8 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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