Akira Kurosaki - 迷彩譜4 (Camouflaged World 4)
Modern | Sōsaku Hanga Woodblock Print
A fabulous print by Akira Kurosaki: 迷彩譜4 (Camouflaged World 4). Two large striped organic forms sit across the lower half of the image, built from bands of green, yellow, blue and red. A vertical line of turquoise circles rises through the centre, with triangles, squares and flowing coloured lines set against a beautiful grey-green field shimmering in mica-like pigment/metallic sheen. The deep black-and-red framing gives the image strong depth and structure. A major large-scale work from Kurosaki’s 1977 Camouflaged World series, it brings together bold colour, geometry and organic form.🔴🟢🔺
- Year & Edition: 1977 · Ed. of 50 (2/50) (signed & titled in pencil to plate).
- Medium: Woodblock. 8 blocks, 11 colours - printed on Echizen Torinoko paper*.
- Dimensions: Sheet approx H: 89.25 cm × W: 62.00 cm (Image H: 80.00 cm × W: 55.00 cm).
- Condition: Beautifully rich colours and no visible marks or blemishes. Very faint toning to margin. General surface handling to margins.
- Notes: An impression of Camouflaged World 4 is held by the Miyagi Museum of Art, while other works from the series are represented in major Japanese museum collections. *Artist watermark to margins. Raisonné No. 251, (W236). 黒崎彰の全仕事 (The Complete Works of Akira Kurosaki: Catalogue Raisonné 1965-2006).
About the Artist
Akira Kurosaki (1937-2019) was a pioneering mokuhanga artist who fused traditional Japanese woodblock techniques with bold abstraction and surreal landscapes, rendered in his signature deep reds, purples and blacks. A graduate of the Kyoto Institute of Technology and devoted to the sōsaku hanga ethos - overseeing every stage of production himself - he earned the Florence Biennale Gold Prize and Japan’s Order of the Sacred Treasure. From 1987 he taught and led the Printmaking Department at Kyoto Seika University, mentoring a generation of printmakers; his work is held by the British Museum, MoMA and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. [ ← View All Works by Akira Kurosaki]
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