About This Print
A large, approximately 3 feet high, print by the artist that epitomizes his continuing series of prints carrying the title Work 9 作品 sakuhin) begun in the early 1960s. This series began with some reference to identifiable objects but quickly became more abstract and dynamic with use of intense primary colors. Starting around 1967 Kusaka introduced the circle form which subsequently morphed into an egg shape. This egg shape counterbalanced his straight lines and angular corners.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1115 |
| Title | Work (作品 sakuhin) 69.5 |
| Series | n/a |
Artist
| Kusaka Kenji (b. 1936)
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Signature
| Pencil signed by artist – Ken Kusaka (in English)
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| Publication Date | 1969
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| Edition | 39 of 40
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| Publisher | self-published |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent
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| Genre | sosaku-hanga (creative print)
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| Miscellaneous |
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| Format |
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| H x W Paper | 36 x 24 3/16 in. (91.4 x 61.4 cm) |
| H x W Image | 32 5/16 x 21 11/16 in. (82.1 x 55.1 cm)
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| Collections This Print | Metropolitan Museum of Art 418.1970; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1970.410 |
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