Description: Offered here is a fine etching printed in brown ink by Kenji Ushiku. The artwork displays two birds nesting in the foreground against a background of sand dunes and trees with embossed puffy clouds above. It is signed in the bottom right, titled in the bottom left and numbered 88/125 in the center, all in pencil just below the bottom platemark. Approximate date of executions: Circa early 1960s. The artwork between platemarks measures 8-1/4 X 5-5/8 inches, and is printed on a sheet of wove paper measuring 11-3/4 X 8-1/2 inches that is taped to the mat at the corners. It is set in an easy open picture frame measuring 16-1/4 X 13 inches. CONDITION: Aside the taped corners, verso, this etching is in near mint condition with no stains, foxing or other defects! Frame is extra fine. WILL BE SHIPPED WITH GLASS SEPARATED TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO ART! BUYER PAYS SHIPPING! About the artist: KENJI USHIKU: Printmake born in Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, 1922. His formal art education took place at the Tokyo School of Fine Art where he studied printmaking and Western-style painting. He began publishing etchings in the early 1950s and his work was particularly sought after in mid-century Japan and the U.S. In his early career Ushiku focused on still lifes and animals, and occasional scenes of bucolic farmlife; much of this work was executed in color etching and aquatint. Later works tended toward abstraction, with relief prints in minimalist shapes and palettes.His work is held in the collections of the Chiba Prefecture Museum of Art, the Chiba City Museum of Art, the Sakura Museum of Art, the National Museum of Art, Osaka, the Brooklyn Museum of Art; the Georgetown Museum of Art; the Library of Congress, and the Honolulu Museum of Art, among others. He participated in the Tokyo International Print Exhibitions of 1957, 1960, and 1962, and was a member of the Japan Print Association.An exact date of his death is not formally listed online, however, some sources state Ushiku died in 2012.
Price: 150 USD
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
End Time: 2024-11-28T23:47:03.000Z
Shipping Cost: 3 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Artist: Kenji Ushiku
Type: Print
Signed: Yes
Style: Contemporary Art
Theme: Birds
Features: Limited Edition
Material: Paper
Production Technique: Etching
Framing: Matted & Framed
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Handmade: Yes
Subject: Birds
