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Ōhie Toshio
Personal conceptions regarding the problem of book design2000

Not on view
Black cloth-covered book standing upright, front cover printed with gray French text and a five-pointed star, spine with pale blue Latin and Chinese characters
Two-panel work with tan/gray grounds scattered with small orange and white five-pointed stars in an irregular allover pattern.
Two vertical rectangular panels with scattered orange and white five-pointed stars of varying sizes on a taupe ground, displayed side by side in black frames.
Open book spread with Japanese text in printed type and handwritten brush calligraphy, overlaid with a flowing orange graffiti-style signature spanning both pages, with small orange stars scattered throughout. A red seal stamp appears at lower left.
Printed book spread, page 3, with vertical columns of Japanese text at left and a sweeping orange calligraphic design of looping, cursive strokes and small star motifs spanning the lower portion of both pages.
Artist or Maker
Ōhie Toshio
Japan, born 1949
Graphic Designer
Watanabe Kazuo
Japan, born 1956
Title
Personal conceptions regarding the problem of book design
Date Made
2000
Medium
Hardcover book with box; book of dark blue leather with on-lays of red and blue leathers; gold tooling; end-sheets paper printed with star pattern; dark blue buckram box with suede lining
Dimensions
Book: 8 x 5 1/8 x 3/8 in. (20.32 x 13.02 x .95 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. John Solt
Accession Number
M.2012.107.10
Classification
Books
Collecting Area
Japanese Art