Title: |
Folk Toys |
Artist: |
Serizawa, Keisuke (Shizuoka, Japan, 1895 - 1984) |
Date: |
c. 1970 |
Medium: |
Original Hand-Stenciled Dye Print (Kataezome) |
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. Folk Toys 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". |
Size: |
5 3/4 X 3 7/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate,
height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
Condition: |
Printed upon hand-made mulberry (rice) paper and with full
margins as published by the Keisuke Serizawa workshop between approximately
1960 and 1970. A finely printed, full colour impression and in excellent
condition throughout. Folk toys is a fine, original example of
the famous art of Keisuke Serizawa. |
Price: |
Sold - The price is no longer available. |
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