About This Print
A beautiful overlay of colors make up this under water view of a black sea creature swimming through a maze of colorful formations. At first I imagined that Shinagawa used paper blocks for much of this print, but the edition size of 100 speaks against this.Print Details
IHL Catalog | #893 |
Title | Denizen of the Lake Depths |
Series | N/A |
Artist |
Shinagawa Takumi (1908-2009) |
Signature |
pencil signed Takumi Shinagawa by artist in English |
Seal | none |
Publication Date | c. 1957 (per Carnegie Museum of Art) |
Edition | 95 of 100 |
Publisher | self-published |
Impression | excellent |
Colors | excellent |
Condition | good - printers fold in top center margin |
Genre | sosaku-hanga (creative print) |
Miscellaneous | |
Format | |
H x W Paper | 17 3/4 x 23 7/8 in. (45.1 x 60.6 cm) |
H x W Image | 9 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (24.1 x 36.2 cm) |
Collections This Print | Brooklyn Museum 79.13.8 (97 of 100); Carnegie Museum of Art 89.28.1246; Indianapolis Museum of Art IMA464630 |
Reference Literature | Modern Japanese Prints: The Twentieth Century, Amanda T. Zehnder, Carnegie Museum of Art, 2009, p. 164. |