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Solid mixed paper folder with binding strings
Original Folder and Text Insert
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Original Folder and Text Insert

Maker Japanese Artist
Date1946
Place of originJapan
MediumWoodcut, paper
DimensionsFolder: 36 x 29 x 1.5 cm (14 3/16 x 11 7/16 x 9/16 in.)
Insert: 10 x 7 in. (25.4 x 17.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object number2010.72.1
Collections
Visual DescriptionSolid mixed paper folder with binding strings; paper. This completes the set from 2006.17, Tokyo Kaiko Zue
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Carousel of Life
Vladimir Gazovic
1983
A black and white print of two abstract marionettes suspended by vertical strings. One has a spotted body and diamond-shaped head; the other wears a pleated skirt.
Who Can Tell?
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undated
Stylized human figure with large, flat head, neck rings, outstretched arms, blackened surface, ending in a round base. The figure has small round earrings and two strings of light green beads around the neck.
Fertility Figure (akua'ba)
Asante Artist
undated
A portfolio of 15 woodcuts by 9 artists published in December 1945 by Uemura Masuo of Fugaku Shuppansha in Tokyo
Recollections of Tokyo
Japanese Artist
Showa period (1926-1989), 1945
A portfolio of twelve color woodblock prints depicting Japanese customs published in March 1946 by Fugaku Honsha in Tokyo. One leaflet inserted; it contains biographies of artists and also explanation on works in English.
Native Customs in Japan
Japanese Artist
Showa period (1926-1989), March 1946
Body of robe is green damask densely patterned with Three Friends of Winter motif; white satin cuffs and both the black binding and a woven pink binding are embroidered with butterflies. There is a narrow blue silk binding at hem and between white cuffs and bindings on sleeves; there is a gold ribbon on either side of pink binding panel. The buttons are a textured gilded brass, and the lining is an off-white silk.
Robe
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), late 19th century
Set of 10 lithographs in paper folder with cloth ties; printed by Byron Zadik y Cia in Guatemala.
Trajes Indigenas de Guatemala
Carlos Mérida
1951
Formulation Articulation, Volume I
Formulation Articulation, Volume I
Josef Albers
1972
Formulation Articulation, Volume I
Formulation Articulation, Volume I
Josef Albers
1972
Formulation Articulation, Volume I
Formulation Articulation, Volume I
Josef Albers
1972
Formulation Articulation, Volume I
Formulation Articulation, Volume I
Josef Albers
1972
Formulation Articulation, Volume I
Formulation Articulation, Volume I
Josef Albers
1972

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