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Mother and Child by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Mother and Child

Mother and Child

Kitagawa Utamaro

1783–1803

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm); W. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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