gouache
Original Box
Showa
with Suda KOKUTA Associate certificate
Width 53 cm Length 42 cm
This work is by Kokuta SUDA, known for his illustrations for Ryotaro Shiba's “Kaido yuku” series. Various colored papers are collaged on a kimono pattern. The frame is made by Kanata, a company that has framed many of Kokuta Suda's works.
Kokuta SUDA
1906 - 1990
Japanese Western-style painter. Born in Saitama. He was initially a figurative painter and won many special prizes at the National Exhibition of Japan, but after 1949, he moved on to abstract paintings. His paintings are characterized by a strong, uninhibited touch. He was in charge of illustrations for Ryotaro Shiba's travelogue collection "Kaido yuku" (On the Road), and also accompanied Shiba on his research trips.
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