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| Artist: | Mabuchi Toru (1920-1994) — 馬淵聖 |
| Title: | Dolls from the Earth - Excavation |
| Series: | Pottery |
| Date of first edition?: | 1961 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Self |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Double Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Double Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 33309 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Monday, 20 November 2006
Title Dolls from the Earth - Excavation
limited edition
Artist Toru Mabuchi 1920-1994
Signature "Toru Mabuchi" in pencil under the red artist's seal on the upper left
Seal Artist's seal (Toru)
Dated 1961
Medium/Technique Woodblock print
Impression excellent - very good … lightly embossed
Colors excellent - very good
Condition very good … slightly mottled paper toning, lightly creased, a light diagonal crease from the lower left margin to the lower right corner in the image, three needle size holes on the three margin corners, a missing spot and several pressure marks on the middle-upper edge of the right margin, a tape residue on the lower margin, margins slightly soiled.
Edition Size 50
Numbered 2 / 50
Description "Shutsudo" (Excavation). Faces of ancient pottery dolls excavated from the soil.
Width Item 18.3 inches = 46.6 cm
Height Item 24.3 inches = 61.8 cm |
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| Artist Bio: |
作家：馬渕 聖（まぶち とおる）
１９２０年（大正９年）生まれ、東京出身。
１９９４年（平成６年）歿、享年７４歳。
１９４０年（昭和１５年）東京美術学校在学中に光風会展初入選。
１９４１年（昭和１６年）卒業制作「木版による自然物の装飾的表現」
文部省買上。
１９５１年（昭和２６年）第７回日展に初入選。
１９５４年（昭和２９年）日本版画協会（日版協）会員。
１９５７年（昭和３２年）光風会会員。
１９６０年（昭和３５年）日本版画会（日版会）創立に、
棟方志功らとともに参加。
日版協退会。
１９６７年（昭和４２年）光風会評議員。
１９７１年（昭和４６年）宮内庁用命により、須崎御用邸の為の
木版画４点制作。
東京美術学校工芸科図案部卒業。
日版会会長、鎌倉美術家協会理事長などを歴任。
東京、横浜、シカゴなどで個展開催多数。
シカゴ美術館、ボストン美術館など、海外美術館にも作品所蔵多数。 |
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