The two Picasso images greet each other like cousins, painted into (apparently) the same hilly landscape. Meanwhile, Utamaro's female figure showers the scene with blossoms. The "lengthy passage" included on this piece comes from the book of Utamaro's prints, in which the author is commenting on Utamaro's inclusion of moralizing text in the original print (he refers to the woman as a "good for nothing"). I only hope it does not spoil the artist effect.

Framed: 14.5" x 12.5" / Unframed: 9" x 7"

Reference Works:

• "The Good-For-Nothing" by Kitagawa Utamaro (1795-96)

• "Girl on a Ball" by Pablo Picasso (1955)

• "The Watering Place" by Pablo PIcasso (1905-06), "Fog, Voisins" by Alfred Sisley (1874)