<p>Shinagawa Takumi was an early experimenter with the expressive power of abstraction and a limited, yet vibrant, color palette. He rarely represented Buddhist imagery in his work, but this print from the 1940s is an exception. Here he used bright green for a sculpture that is made of gray stone. The bold coloring gives the sense of coming upon ruins in a dense forest.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1947
- Medium
- Color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- 52.1 × 61 cm (20 1/2 × 24 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Shinagawa Takumi
Artist
Printmaking
Shinagawa Takumi was a Japanese artist active in the postwar period.
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- Shinagawa Takumi
- Year
- 1947
- Medium
- Color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- 52.1 × 61 cm (20 1/2 × 24 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1947-016988
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified