Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Okabe

Artist Sekino Jun'ichiro 関野凖一郎 (Japanese, 1914 - 1988)

Datec. early 1970s

Made/manufacturedJapan

MediumWatercolor on paper

Dimensions15 3/16 x 21 7/16 in. (38.6 x 54.4 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Maggi McKay in honor of David Cofrin and Mickey Singer; Robert H. and Kathleen M. Axline Acquisition Endowment; The David A. Cofrin Fund for Asian Art; friends of the Harn Museum; and by exchange, gift of Dr. and Mrs. David A. Cofrin

Object number2012.29.2

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DescriptionAlthough unsigned, this dynamic watercolor with graphite or charcoal and crayon is a preparatory work for the 1973 print, Okabe, which was part of Sekino's print series, Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, begun in 1959 and completed in 1974.