Additional information
| Artist | Ikeda |
|---|---|
| Country | Japanese |
| Region | Asian |
ArtistIkeda, Shuzo
Artist Years1922-2004
Artist NationalityJapanese
TitleDemonstration
Year1960
MediumPrint > Woodblock Print
DimensionsPlate: 11.8 X 19.4 inches
Description
Monochrome woodblock print, signed with pen & ink in the image and annotated with title in pencil (in kanji) and “-60 5/30”, printed on thin Japan kozo paper, 1/2-inch margins. Rare early work. Near fine condition, minor handling defects. Free shipping to US address.
ProvenancePurchased from The Yoseido Gallery, Nishi Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, 1973.
Accession Number690257
NotesShuzo Ikeda was born in 1922 in Kisakata-machi, Akita Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Tokyo Higher Normal School in 1945, and began to teach from 1946 to 1955. After teaching, Ikeda worked in Tokyo as a full-time Hanga artist, which was an artist who worked in woodblock printing. He was especially good in integrating the texture of the woodblock grain into his images. Shuzo specialized in wide-eyed children with flowers, birds, insects, sacred stone images, and native dolls. He often signed his drawings as "Shu. Ikeda".
Shuzo Ikeda's art is typical for the post-war economic booming years of circa 1960 until 1985. It was the period of a prosperous post-war economy and of great cultural changes in the industrialized Western nations, in the way of life, music and fashion.
(source: The Annex Galleries)
Price $950.00