Masuo Ikeda “Size is size”

 

Author's birth and death: 1934 Mukden (Manchuria) [Hanyo, Liaoning Province (China)] - 1997 Atami (Shizuoka)
Year of production: 1963
Technique Material: Drypoint etching
Dimensions: 35.5 x 33.5 cm
Edition: 1/20
Signatures, etc.: Lower left margin "1/20"; Lower right margin "M.Ikeda"; Lower left margin on back side "#500 size is the size"

Exhibition history: "Masuo Ikeda Exhibition" Nihonbashi Gallery September 1963-9, 10; The 28rd International Venice Biennale, 33 [Grand Prix, Prints Section]; "Techniques on Paper: University of Tsukuba Ishii Collection" 1966 2012 March 1th - February 7th Musashino City Kichijoji Museum of Art cat. 2.

Literature: "Masuo Ikeda Complete Prints", 1991, Bijutsu Shuppansha no. 283; edited by Rintaro Terakado, "Ishii Collection I. Paintings in the University of Tsukuba", Faculty of Art, University of Tsukuba, 2011, cat. 84.

Collection number: 2008-JP-IS002