Title: |
Calendar for 1982 (Frontis-Piece) |
Artist: |
Serizawa, Keisuke (Shizuoka, Japan, 1895 - 1984) |
Date: |
1982 |
Medium: |
Original Hand-Stenciled Dye Print |
Publisher: |
Keisuke Serizawa Workshop, Shizuoka, Japan |
Note: |
Keisuke Serizawa: A world famous designer, painter, illustrator, dyer
and book and print maker, Keisuke Serizawa attracted international attention
as early as 1925 for his distinctive Kataezome style, combining Japanese
dyeing techniques with those of Okinawan bingata. This he applied with
equal success to kimono and fabric patterns, wall hangings, paintings,
fans and original prints. Above all, Keisuke Serizawa became a leading artist of 'Mingei' --
which in Japanese generally means folk art. This original print created for the 1982 calendar is of course
a fine example of Serizawa's Mingei. |
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Shortly after the end of World War II, Keisuke Serizawa instituted his
own workshop and teaching studio in his native city of Shizuoka. His reputation
continued to spread and he received the highest award for any artist in
1956 when he was designated a "Living National Treasure" by the Emperor
of Japan. After Serizawa's death in 1984 the Tohoku Fukushi University
in Sendai, Tohoku District, constructed a museum comprised solely of Serizawa's
art. The Keisuke Serizawa Art & Craft Museum now contains over 200
examples of this artist's fabric patterns and wall hangings and about 1,000
examples of his paper dyeing workshop productions such as original prints, fans
and calendars. |
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The art of Keisuke Serizawa has been exhibited world wide. In the United
States his art has been exhibited thus far in two major one man exhibitions.
The first took place in 1979 at the Mingei International Museum in San
Diego and was entitled, "Keisuke Serizawa: A Living National Treasure of
Japan". In 1998, the Riverside Municipal Museum, Riverside,
California, launched a major retrospective entitled, "The Art of Keisuke
Serizawa". |
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An important production of Serizawa's workshop was
the annual calendars which he created from the late 1950's to the
early 1980's. Each of these calendars contained thirteen original
prints, one for each month and a frontis-piece design. "Calendar 1982" was
printed as the original dye print frontis-piece design for that year and
clearly represents a prime example of the folk art of Keisuke Serizawa. |
Size: |
8 1/2 X 6 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
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Price: $195.00 US |
Condition: |
Printed upon hand-made mulberry (rice) paper and laid onto
another sheet of hand-made, flecked paper board and with large margins
as published by the Keisuke Serizawa workshop in 1982. A finely printed,
full colour impression and in excellent condition throughout.
"Calendar for 1982 (Frontis-Piece)" is a fine, original example
of the famous Mingei art of Keisuke Serizawa. |
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