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Mabuchi Toru
Figure Holding A Drum Japanese Cubist Woodblock Print

20th century

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Mabuchi Tōru (1920 – 1994) Figure holding a Drum. Margins covered with mat board (may have title, date and edition in the margin). Visible area: H 21.25 in. x W 15.25 in. Artist Biography: Mabuchi Toru was born in 1920 in Tokyo as the son of a woodblock engraver and artist. His father was his first teacher. Later he entered the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and became a student of the sosaku hanga artist Unichi Hiratsuka. Mabuchi Toru graduated from Tokyo University in 1941 at the beginning of the Pacific War. After the war Mabuchi Toru became a full-time artist. Favorite themes of the artist are landscapes, still lifes and pottery.Among the artists of the sosaku hanga art movement, he is rather unique due to a strange technique that he had developed himself. The website of the Bristish Museum describes it as follows:"By this time he had developed a unique way of printing which is close to Pointillisme. He cuts up very thin wood into small pieces which he then glues to his block in a mosaic-like pattern. A large number of these may go to make one print. His production is therefore rather small." Mabuchi Toru died in 1994.
  • Creator:
    Mabuchi Toru (1920 - 1994)
  • Creation Year:
    20th century
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29.25 in (74.3 cm)Width: 23 in (58.42 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Houston, TX
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: AL0000.381stDibs: LU55133031003
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