Irises and Palm Leaves in a Pitcher

by Fumio Kitaoka (1918 - 2007)

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Irises and Palm Leaves in a Pitcher by Fumio Kitaoka (1918 - 2007)

Original Fumio Kitaoka (1918 - 2007) Japanese Woodblock Print
Irises and Palm Leaves in a Pitcher

Fumio Kitaoka - Born in Tokyo, Fumio Kitaoka studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts and later in Paris at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts. Kitaoka experimented with a range of subjects and styles from bold abstractions to expressionist figures, and is known for his later colorful landscape woodblock prints. Kitaoka taught in the USA during the 1960s and exhibited internationally, showing regularly at the celebrated College Women's Association of Japan's annual print show in Tokyo. His vibrant and distinctive works are popular with modern collectors and are included in the collections of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Signed - Fumio Kitaoka in pencil in bottom margin, dated 1974
Numbered - 61/200

Artist - Fumio Kitaoka (1918 - 2007)

Image Size - 17 1/2" x 12 7/8" + margins as shown

Condition - This print with excellent color and detail as shown. Tape remnants on reverse at edges from previous mounting. Light toning, spot in margin, tiny tear at edge. Please note, due to the size, this print may be shipped rolled. Please see photos for details.

Irises and Palm Leaves in a Pitcher by Fumio Kitaoka (1918 - 2007)
Irises and Palm Leaves in a Pitcher by Fumio Kitaoka (1918 - 2007)

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