Mitsuo Kano "'Wave theory' - Regarding intaglio No.12"

 

Author birth and death: 1933 Tokyo –
Production year: 1984-85
Technique Material: Intaglio
Dimensions: 41.4×56.0cm
Edition: 24/30
Signature: Edition number "24/30" in the lower left margin; signature "m Kano" in the lower right margin.

Exhibition history: "Mitsuo Kano's 'Wave Theory' - Around Intaglio" Akira Ikeda Gallery (Tokyo) 1985; "Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of Modern Art Collection Exhibition + University of Tsukuba Ishii Collection Exhibition" Ibaraki Prefectural Tsukuba Museum of Art October 2007, 10 Sunday - October 5th cat. 10; "Techniques on Paper: University of Tsukuba Collection, Ishii Collection" January 28th - February 20th, 2012 Musashino City Kichijoji Museum of Art cat. 1; "Manabia Terrace Opening Commemoration, University of Tsukuba Collection, Ishii" Collection Exhibition: Encountering Beauty: [First Half] Encountering the World of Paintings, Manabia Terrace [Higashine City Museum of Art], November 7rd to December 2th, 19, cat. 34.

Literature: Edited by Rintaro Terakado, “Ishii Collection I. Paintings in the University of Tsukuba,” University of Tsukuba, Faculty of Art, 2011, cat. 79.

Collection number: 2005-JP-IS007

Work description:
Mitsuo Kano is one of Japan's leading copperplate printmakers who has been highly acclaimed at numerous international exhibitions, and is also in charge of book bindings and stage art.He considered copperplate prints to be ``thoughts surrounding metals,'' and had a strong interest in the state and changes of metal, which is a material plate, and called all of his self-made copperplate prints, other than etchings, ``intaglio.'' .The intaglio series ``Wave Theory,'' which includes this work, expresses the momentary fixation of color that emerges in a fluid world and generates form.It is characterized by deep yet highly pure colors with a metallic feel.