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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Shōwa period 1926 - 1988 → Japan
- Date
- 1976
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour woodcut
- Edition
- 6/50
- Dimensions
- 50.0 x 41.0 cm image; 61.5 x 46.5 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.r., pencil "Rikio Takahashi/ '76".
- Credit
- Gift of Michael Gleeson-White 1988
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 172.1988
- Artist information
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Takahashi Rikio
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About
Takahashi Rikio was born in Tokyo, the son of a 'Nihonga' (Japanese-style) painter and nephew of a 'Yoga' (Western-style) artist. After the war he studied with Onchi Koshiro, one of the leaders of the Creative Prints movement, and in the 1960s furthered his education at the California Institute of Art. After this he became well known in both the West and Japan.
Takahashi developed a modern abstract style using the traditional woodblock medium in a unique fashion. His distinctive technique involved overlapping coloured areas with thin watercolour ink. His typical palette of subdued browns, greens and blues reflected the natural tones and calm settings of gardens in Kyoto, which inspired many of his prints such as the one in this gallery's collection.
Reference
The Lavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints. www.myjapanesehanga.com. Accessed 11 March 2013.Asian Art Department, AGNSW, 2013.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Japanese prints of the 20th century, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 23 Jun 1990–12 Aug 1990
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Contemporary Japanese Prints, London, 1985, (illus.). illus.no.62
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