Title: |
Calendar for September 1982 (Balloon Flower) |
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 entitled, "Calendar for September 1982 (Balloon Flower)"
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 Serizawa Keisuke 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". More recently, 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 for September 1982 (Balloon Flower)" was printed as a dye print design for the 1982 calendar and clearly
represents a beautiful and original example of the folk art of Keisuke
Serizawa. |
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For this original hand-stenciled dye print Keisuke Serizawa wrote;
"Balloon Flower: September 1982. One of the seven flowers of Autumn. A very Japanese flower, it is popular as a design for silk Kimonos.". |
Size: |
12 X 10 3/4 (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 with full
margins as published by the Keisuke Serizawa workshop in 1982. A finely
printed, full color impression and in excellent condition throughout. "Calendar for September 1982 (Balloon Flower)" is a fine, original example of the famous Mingei art of
Keisuke Serizawa. |
Subject: |
Keisuke Serizawa, "Calendar for September 1982 (Balloon Flower)", original hand-stenciled
dye print, Mingei, Japanese folk art, Serizawa’s workshop, Shizuoka,
Serizawa Keisuke Art & Craft Museum, annual calendars. |
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