NAKAMURA Ken'ichi
(Japan 1895–1967)
- Title
- Woman with mirror
- Alternative title:
- Kagami-no onna
- Place of origin
-
Japan
- Period
- Shôwa period 1926 - 1988 → Japan
- Year
- circa 1932
- Media category
- Materials used
- lithograph
- Dimensions
-
24.9 x 30.0cm image; 27.3 x 32.0cm support
- Signature & date
- Signed u.l., in pencil "K-n". Not dated.
- Credit
- Yasuko Myer Bequest Fund 2000
- Accession number
- 86.2000
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Nakamura Ken'ichi was a prominent oil painter in the Showa period. His style was formed under the academic training at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts and with Okada Saburôsuke, then five years in Paris where he became a member of the Salon d'automne in 1927.
This print is a good example of the artist's style and skill.
Asian Art Dept., AGNSW, April 2000.
