Tomio Kinoshita
Japanese, born 1923
Three Masks (Kamen 3)
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Tomio Kinoshita
Japanese, born 19231957
Three Masks (Kamen 3)
Tomio Kinoshita Japanese, born 1923 →Japanese (culture or style)woodblock printprint
Date
1957
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Paper: 57.9 × 78 cm (22 13/16 × 30 3/4 in.); Block: 55.6 × 74.8 cm (21 15/16 × 29 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Arenberg
This print displays the artist’s signature technique of using a gouge to produce a series of parallel lines. The gray or tan hues, the only colors in an otherwise black print, make quite a different impact when one is substituted for the other.
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