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Shinoda Tōkō
Essencecirca 1983

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Abstract lithograph with bold black brushstroke lines forming an open triangular shape and vertical strokes, with a pale gray wash on cream deckle-edged paper
Artist or Maker
Shinoda Tōkō
Japan, 1913-2021
Title
Essence
Date Made
circa 1983
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Lithograph with added sumi ink
Dimensions
Image and sheet: 28 1/4 x 21 in. (71.76 x 53.34 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Devra Breslow
Accession Number
M.2011.138
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Copyright
© Shinoda Tōkō

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