Eikyu [title unknown]

Author birth and death: 1911 Miyazaki – 1960 Tokyo
Year of production: 1950

Technique Material: Photogram [Photo Drawing]
Dimensions: 26.8 x 20.3cm
Signature: Signed and dated "QEi/1950" on the bottom center right

Exhibition history: "Techniques on Paper: Ishii Collection, University of Tsukuba" January 2012th - February 1th, 7 Musashino City Kichijoji Museum of Art cat. 2.

Literature: Edited by Rintaro Terakado, “Ishii Collection I. Paintings in the University of Tsukuba,” University of Tsukuba, Faculty of Art, 2011, cat. 36.

Collection number: 2010-JP-IS004

Work description:
In 1930, Eikyu began making his own prototype photograms, which he called ``photo-drawings.''In a space shielded from light, the artist first places a pattern on photographic paper and shines a flashlight over it to create a ``drawing''.When photographic paper is developed, areas exposed to light appear black and areas in shadow appear white, and by adjusting the way light is applied and the way objects are placed, there are infinite possibilities for expression.Eiku himself explained this as ``a painterly formative spirit in which one concentrates one's mind to form the desired image.''
In Title Unknown (2010-JP-IS004), which features the silhouette of a woman in an acrobatic pose, the background is filled with organic patterns reminiscent of the epidermis of a melon.It was probably made by layering multiple pieces of fabric using the unique hexagonal tulle mesh.