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Takahashi Shōhachirō
Set of Folding Plastic Poems in Book Slip-covercirca 1972

Not on view
Artist's book or folded paper object arranged in a circular crown shape, with cerulean blue panels printed with bold graphic imagery on the left and canary yellow panels covered in small East Asian script on the right
Accordion-folded paper artist's book in a zigzag of triangular sections, yellow pages with black printed imagery and text alternating with teal-blue panels, photographed on a light gray surface.
Artist's book folded into triangular accordion structure, with yellow and black printed panels fanned upright and blue and black triangular forms spread at left.
Folded paper or card sculpture forming a zigzag accordion structure with triangular peaks, alternating cyan blue and yellow panels with black interiors and printed geometric line designs.
Folded paper sculptural forms arranged in a zigzag sequence, alternating between black with yellow and turquoise with black-patterned panels, creating a series of sharp triangular peaks against a neutral gray background.
Folded paper object resembling a paper airplane or origami form, with purple wings printed with white Japanese text and white lower panels printed with red and black Latin text in two columns.
Artist or Maker
Takahashi Shōhachirō
Japan, 1933-2014
Artist or Maker
Itō Motoyuki
Japan, born 1935
Title
Set of Folding Plastic Poems in Book Slip-cover
Date Made
circa 1972
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Dimensions
.1) Shohachiro: 3 7/8 x 4 3/8 x 3/8 in. (9.84 x 11.11 x 0.95 cm); .2) Shohachiro: 5 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 1/2 in. (13.97 x 6.99 x 1.27 cm); .3) Shohachiro: 5 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 1/2 in. (13.97 x 6.99 x 1.27 cm); .4) Shohachiro: 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 x 1/4 in. (10.48 x 10.48 x 0.25 cm); .5-.7) Motoyuki, folded: 6 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 1/16 in. (15.56 x 6.99 x 0.06 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. John Solt
Accession Number
M.2008.237.6.1-.7
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art