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松本旻. [Matsumoto Akira]. 1967. Limited edition #5 of 30. Stock ID #178014 Signed, numbered and dated 1967 print by prominent Japanese artist Matsumoto Akira (1936 - 2020). Matusmoto trained as a woodblock printer in Osaka in the 1950s, and later moved to Tokyo where he worked with ukiyo-e publisher Watanabe Shozaburo. He developed his own experimental printing style using combinations of woodblock printing and newsprint, and later focuing increasingly on silkcreen printing. This is one of a number of prints of female figures produced by Matsumoto in the late 1960s. It depicts profiled standing female figures against a striking abstract background of red, yellow and blue stripes. Matsumoto's work is held by a number of institutions internationally, including the British Museum and the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178014.
Striking silkscreen print. Minor light crease at lower margin but generally very good. 72 x 64 cm.
Price: $395.00 AU