Hideko Fukushima “Sasagemono”

Author birth and death: 1927 Tokyo - 1997 Tokyo
Year of production: 1957
Technique Material: Oil painting, canvas
Dimensions: 72.7 x 60.6 cm
Signature: Signed "Hide" at bottom right

Exhibition history: "Enomoto Kazuko and Fukushima Hideko Two-Person Exhibition," Yoseido Gallery, June 24-29, 1957, no. 4; "XI. Premio Lissone International Exhibition," Italy, 1959; "12th Homage to Takiguchi Shuzo: Fukushima Hideko 1948-1988," Satani Gallery, July 3-25, 1992, no. 13; "Avant-Garde Women 1950-1975," Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, July 24-September 11, 2005, no. 37; "Special Exhibition Fukushima Hideko: Chronicle 1964 - OFF MUSEUM," Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, February 4-May 6, 2012; "Pioneering Postwar Art" "Experimental Workshop," Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, January 12–March 24, 2013; Iwaki City Museum of Art, April 20–June 2, 2013; Toyama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, July 13–September 8, 2013; Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, October 5–November 10, 2013; Setagaya Art Museum, November 23–January 26, 2014, II-264; "Anti-Action: Their Responses and Challenges," Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, October 4–November 30, 2025; The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, December 16–February 8, 2026; Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, February 28–May 6, 2026, FH-11.

文献：『美術手帖』136（1958年1月号）47頁 図版；寺門臨太郎編『筑波大学所蔵石井コレクション Ⅰ. 絵画』、筑波大学芸術学系、2011年、cat. 69；五十殿利治・江口みなみ編『石井コレクション5：桂ゆき・福島秀子』、筑波大学芸術系、2017年、col. pl. p. 10；西澤晴美「福島秀子《ささげもの》（1957年）について」、『石井コレクション研究5：桂ゆき・福島秀子』、30−44頁；五十殿利治監修、寺門臨太郎編『筑波大学アート・コレクション　石井コレクション　美をめぐる饗宴（シュンポシオン）』、筑波大学出版会、2021年、口絵9；西澤晴美の一九五〇年代の創作活動について−絵画、詩、オートスライド」、『美をめぐる饗宴』、2021年、323−345頁。

Collection number: 2010-JO-IS010

Work description:
Influenced by surrounding artists such as Nobuya Abe and Shozo Kitadai, Fukushima continued to explore painting, and in the mid-1950s, he developed his own style of painting consisting of embossed circles and rectangular or linear shapes. It was established. ``Sasagi'' was exhibited at the ``Kazuko Enomoto and Hideko Fukushima Exhibition,'' which was recognized by Michel Tapié and led to her gaining acclaim both domestically and internationally, and is one of her representative works from this period.The strongly drawn lines and rectangles that divide the screen, and the large and small circles pressed in with varying degrees of strength, resemble water bubbles that appear and disappear. As seen in the auto slide ``Minawa is Created'' created at the Experimental Workshop, blisters were an important theme for Fukushima as they represented life.Furthermore, the composition of the rectangle and circle in the center looks like a human face, evoking the image of a ``person'' that has consistently appeared on the canvas since the beginning of his painting career.The strong lines and delicate circles create a unique sense of tension, creating a space filled with silence and lyricism.