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Katayama Mika
Back and Forthmid-20th century

Not on view
Etching with color, dense allover pattern of small schematic figures and boxy forms in black line with pale yellow, blue, and gold washes on cream paper

Katayama Mika, Back and Forth, mid-20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Jeffrey and Elizabeth Holbrook Family, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Katayama Mika
Japan, born 1935
Title
Back and Forth
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-20th century
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Image: 13 3/4 x 16 1/16 in. (35.0 x 40.8 cm); Paper: 17 1/2 x 22 1/16 in. (44.5 x 56.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Jeffrey and Elizabeth Holbrook Family
Accession Number
M.86.147.65
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art

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