Skyscape, Sawada Tetsurō

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Sawada Tetsurō, Skyscape
1985, Showa period (1926–1989)
1933–1998
Skyscape, 1985, Showa period (1926–1989)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: goldleaf; color screen print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 580 x 400 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 793 x 547 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 22 13/16 x 15 3/4 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 31 1/4 x 21 9/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 36 x 30 in
Credit line: Gift of Hal M. Davison, Class of 1949
Accession number: 1998.0832
Not on display

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Exhibition Label: "Japan Re-imagined/Post-war Art," Mar-2008, Kris Ercums Sawada’s slick, ultra-glossy “skyscapes,” which restage views taken from the window seat of a commercial airliner, merge new technology such as silkscreening with an aesthetic that is based on a traditional Japanese process known as chigiri-e (ちぎり絵) , a technique that uses colored, torn paper to create images with the look of watercolor paintings