1955
Divided into red, yellow and other colors, this painting titled Mizubasho was created in 1955 as a piece of experimental abstract art utilizing the powdered mineral pigments. The painter have painted two black parts with different pigments, one with the burned verdigris and another with burned cobalt blue, and we can see his attitude to search the every possibility of traditional material such as powdered mineral pigments. Though it is a small piece, it is an important work when considering the history of Japanese art crusade in postwar period at Tokyo area. The painter continued on working under the same theme, creating a series of abstract paintings that express Mizubasho, or white arum, flowering on the face of water over rapping one and others with flowing lines of black Japanese ink only.
1919-2004
Genre | Paintings |
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Material/technique | Color on paper |
Dimensions | 52.7×72.7cm |
Acquisition date | 2006 |
Accession number | 2006-00-0009-000 |
SHINKAI Kakuo
1955
KOMAI Tetsuro
1955
FUDO Shigeya
1955
TANAKA Atsuko
1955
SHINKAI Kakuo
1955
SUZUKI Kenji
1955
KUSAMA Yayoi
1955
ONOSATO Toshinobu
1955/1958
c.1955
SUGURO Tadashi
1955