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Uchima Ansei
Lyric1956

Not on view
Abstract ink and wash on tan paper, with mottled black and gray geometric forms in the upper portion and a cursive signature below
Verso of a work showing plain beige paper or board with the handwritten inscription "(Lyric)" in pencil at lower left.
Verso of a work on paper, plain beige surface with scattered foxing spots and the handwritten date "1956" at bottom center.

Uchima Ansei, Lyric, 1956 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Charles and Louise Silverberg, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Uchima Ansei
United States, California, Stockton, 1921-2000
Title
Lyric
Date Made
1956
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 11 7/16 × 17 15/16 in. (29 × 45.6 cm) Sheet: 16 5/16 × 25 in. (41.5 × 63.5 cm) Primary support (wrapped): 16 3/8 × 22 7/8 in. (41.59 × 58.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles and Louise Silverberg
Accession Number
M.2017.54
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Copyright
© Estate of Ansei Uchima, Courtesy of the Estate of Ansei Uchima and the Susan Teller Gallery, NY, NY

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