About This Print
This is the only lithograph by Takahashi that I have seen, all of his other print work employing woodblock. He created it in 1965 at the legendary studios of Ken Tyler, owner of Gemini Ltd. "Tyler established the print workshop Gemini Ltd. in 1965 and set out to work with the very best artists of his day, promising them: ‘Here is a workshop, there are no rules, no restrictions, do what you want to do.’"1
Source: National Gallery of Australia website, http://www.ngashop.com.au/InternationalPrints/Tyler/DEFAULT.cfm?MnuID=2&ArtistIRN=22711&List=True
"Takahashi’s collaboration with Kenneth Tyler followed a strong tradition of artistic exchange between America and Japan in the post-war period. Titled Nest, the print in the NGA collection was produced at the Gemini workshop in 1965. It is representative of Takahashi’s typical mode of abstraction, with depth created by tonal layers and the image vaguely reminiscent of the natural forms Takahashi found so inspiring." - Gwen Horsfield, 2008
The Kenneth Tyler Archive Collection
Source: International Print Center of New York website http://www.ipcny.org/info/info_printPublisherArchives.html
The Kenneth Tyler Archive Collection consists of over 7,000 editioned prints, screens, paperworks, illustrated books and multiples, along with rare or unique proofs and drawings held at the National Gallery of Australia.
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National Gallery of Australia Impressions
1 National Gallery of Australia website http://nga.gov.au/InternationalPrints/Tyler/Default.cfm?MnuID=10
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"Takahashi’s collaboration with Kenneth Tyler followed a strong tradition of artistic exchange between America and Japan in the post-war period. Titled Nest, the print in the NGA collection was produced at the Gemini workshop in 1965. It is representative of Takahashi’s typical mode of abstraction, with depth created by tonal layers and the image vaguely reminiscent of the natural forms Takahashi found so inspiring." - Gwen Horsfield, 2008
The Kenneth Tyler Archive Collection
Source: International Print Center of New York website http://www.ipcny.org/info/info_printPublisherArchives.html
The Kenneth Tyler Archive Collection consists of over 7,000 editioned prints, screens, paperworks, illustrated books and multiples, along with rare or unique proofs and drawings held at the National Gallery of Australia.
Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra ACT 2600 AUSTRALIA + 61 2 6240 6411
National Gallery of Australia Impressions
  lithograph three colour Impression: right to print Edition: unknown comp 55.0 h x 44.0 w cm Purchased 1973 Accession No: NGA 73.1196 © Gemini Ltd / Kenneth E. Tyler (Catalogue Raisonné #160) |   Print, planographic;Technique: colour lithograph Support: white, wove, mouldmade, paper Manufacturer's Mark: watermark: lower left "BFK"; lower right "Rives" Impression: Gemini impression I Publisher: Gemini Ltd;Place Published: Los Angeles Date Published: 1965 Edition Notes: Colours printed: dark brown, mid-brown and tan. Primary Insc: signed and dated lower right, pencil "Rikio Takahashi '65" Secondary Insc: inscribed lower centre, pencil "nest" inscribed lower left, pencil "Gemini Limited Imp. I" Tertiary Insc: embossed lower left, Gemini Ltd chop verso: inscribed lower left, pencil "131" comp 42.4 h x 53.2 w cm; sheet 56.4 h x 76.0 w cm Cat Raisonné: no documentation found Gift of Kenneth Tyler, 2002;Accession No: NGA 2002.1.1537 © Gemini Ltd / Kenneth E. Tyler |
Catalogue Raisonné Entry
Print Details
| Â IHL Catalog | Â #720 |
|  Title |  Nest  巣 |
| Â Series | Â n/a |
| Â Artist | Â Takahashi Rikio (1917-1998) |
| Â Signature | Â Pencil signed by artist - Rikio Takahashi in English |
| Â Seal | Â none |
| Â Date | Â 1965 |
| Â Edition | Â 14 of 35 |
| Â Publisher |  Gemini Ltd., Los Angeles, California |
| Â Impression | Â excellent |
| Â Colors | Â excellent |
| Â Condition | Â excellent - paper abrasion corners verso, not visible from front; 1/2" tear in paper lower left margin repaired from verso |
| Â Genre | Â sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Â Miscellaneous | Â lithograph, 3-color; Paper: BFK Rives, white, wove, mouldmade |
| Â Format | Â |
| Â H x W Paper | Â 22 1/8 x 27 1/4 in. (56.2 x 69.2 cm) |
| Â H x W Image | Â |
| Â Collections This Print | Â National Gallery of Australia NGA 73.1196 (Impression: "right to print") and NGA 2002.1.1537 ("Gemini Limited Imp. I"); Los Angeles County Museum of Art M.68.72.27 |
|  Reference Literature |  Catalogue Raisonné: Rikio Takahashi, The Woodblock Prints, published by Abe Publishing LTD., 1998, p. 134 number 160 |
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