ARAKAWA Original SIGNED Embossed Lithograph Screenprint HUGE 1974 MoMA Ltd 24/60

Description: Artist: Shusaku ARAKAWA (Japanese /American, 1936 - 2010) Title: "Evening on Which" - 1974Medium: Original Color Lithograph with Screenprint and embossing. Printed from 2 screens and 6 plates on Custom Arches paper. Signature: HAND-SIGNED by the Artist in Pencil, and also titled in pencil Edition: Limited Edition of 60 impressions; this one numbered "24" Size: Huge Composition and sheet at 31 × 62 inches (79.2 × 157.8 cm, printed to the edges Printer: Styria Studio, Inc., New York Publisher: Multiples, Inc., New York About the Composition from MoMA: "Three diagrams from Arakawa's "Mechanism of Meaning" float on a watery ground, a blown-up photograph of the sea labeled "By or in Surd", surd meaning "an irrational root" or "noiseless." This important work continues Arakawa's study of the "Mechanism of Meaning." The work is technically complex with its visual vocabulary of rainbow clear and appealing, whatever the surd." The Print Collector's Quarterly Notes: In the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, NY (MoMA), Object number 1356.1974, and as discussed in an article in The Print Collector's Quarterly, 1974. One of Arakawa's most important works. Provenance: From the collection of Hatay Stratton Fine Art, Northampton, Massachusetttes About the Artist: After studying medicine and mathematics at Tokyo University, Shusaku Arakawa decided to study painting and attended the Musashino College of Art. He was influenced by the Dada movement, bringing its ideals to Japan. He created many pieces that commented on the corruption in modern Japanese society, which eventually caused controversy and forced Arakawa to move to the United States in 1961. Arakawa settled in New York City, where he works as a performance artist, filmmaker, and painter.

Price: 7500 USD

Location: Indio, California

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