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Flower Face- LE

Flower Face- LE
by Ikeda Shuzo (b. 1922)

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Artist: Ikeda Shuzo (b. 1922) 池田修三
Title: Flower Face- LE
Series: 
Date of first edition?1968
Publisher (first edition)?Self
Publisher (this edition)?Self
Medium (first edition): Woodblock
Medium (this edition): Woodblock
Format (first edition): Not Set
Format (this edition): Not Set
DB artwork code: 38076
Notes (first edition)?
Notes (this edition)?
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

Thursday, 21 July 2005

This is a pretty large woodblock for this or any other artist. It is by well known and widely collected Japanese artist Shuzo Ikeda. He is known for most of his subjects having large exaggerated eyes, especially children. This is an exceptionally nice image of his. It is signed lower right it is a limited edition series, 74/100. Looks like the date was 1968 for this woodblock. Signed in japanese in pencil and name in english in the wookcut. The colors are very strong and bright in this image, I had to take my pictures with this laying flat do to reflections from the glass, so the colors may appear less vibrant than they will appear in person. The background is blue and black, the lady is dark grey with gold mixed in. The floral corsage by her ear is pink, purple and violet colors. The framed size is 23" 1/2 x 18" 1/2. The visible image 16" 3/4 by 12" The frame is a light brown color and it appears to have been framed and matted at least 20 years ago.

Artist Bio: 
Shuzo Ikeda was born in 1922 in Akita prefecture. In 1945 he graduated from Tokyo Higher Normal School. After a few years of teaching the artist became a member of Nihon Hanga Kyokai and other Japanese artist associations and turned to woodblock printmaking ('moku hanga') as a full-time artist. Shuzo is known for incorporating the the grain of his blocks into his woodblock print images.
1922 秋田生まれ 1945 東京高等師範学校(現筑波大)芸能化卒 1955 教職を経て上京し、木版画に専念 1957 日本版画協会展出品・受賞 1959 現代版画コンクール展・受賞 1968 ビストイア版画ビエンナーレ展 1977 日本版画協会、退会 独自の活動を始める 1983年 池田修三木版展を酒田で開く。〔主な海外の版画展〕 アメリカ・オルゴン大学展、ニューヨーク・セントジェームス教会展、シカゴ・メンストリートギャラリー展、アメリカ・西北版画展、フィラデルフィア展、シアトル展、百点の日本現代版画アメリカ巡回展、イタリー・花のビエンナーレ展その他、ポーランド、ユーゴ、マニラ、イスラエル、フランス、中国等にて。

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