$1,000–$15,000. Reproductions and common prints: $1,000–$3,000. Key value factors: Yumeji's popular image means many reproductions exist. Original prints are scarcer and more valued.
"Image No. 6: Motherhood" is one element in what appears to have been a numbered series of compositions by Yumeji exploring different aspects of female experience. Motherhood — represented here through the connection between a mother figure and a child or infant — stands in significant contrast to the solitary, longing bijin that dominates his work. The maternal subject brings a different emotional register: connection rather than isolation, the other-directed feeling of care rather than the self-directed feeling of desire. It reveals the breadth of Yumeji's interest in the full range of women's emotional lives.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Image No.6 Motherhood (1) was created by Takehisa Yumeji (竹久夢二).
Image No.6 Motherhood (1) depicts figures, bijin-ga, and children.
