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Sasaki Tainan
Calligraphy: Clouds and Mountainscirca 1986

Not on view
Vertical ink brush drawing on cream paper with bold gestural arc at top, faint sketchy strokes below, and a small red seal stamp at lower right
Detail of ink and paper work showing a red seal impression with a rectangular border and geometric character in seal script, above a partial ink wash motif at lower edge.

Sasaki Tainan, Calligraphy: Clouds and Mountains, circa 1986, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Sasaki Tainan, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Sasaki Tainan
Japan, 1909-1998
Title
Calligraphy: Clouds and Mountains
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1986
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 52 1/8 × 26 5/8 in. (132.4 × 67.63 cm); Mount: 78 1/8 × 32 3/4 in. (198.44 × 83.19 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Sasaki Tainan
Accession Number
M.86.246
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art