Kunihiro Amano Intaglio limited edition woodcut print. 12.75" x 18.5". Edition 53/100.
Titled "Nostalgia 9" on print. Since Kunihiro has done a lot of woodcut and woodblock prints,
this one appears to be same. In very good condition, may have a few specs or dimples here and there.
Is not framed. Will be shipped plastic wrapped on Foam Board. Came from the Frederic Gallery
in Littleton, MA. Kunihiro Amano (1929-) was born in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, in northern Honshu, but his family
moved to Tokyo early in his life. He was largely self-taught, though he did
attend classes for three years at Musashino University of Art in an unofficial
capacity in the post-war years. He first exhibited with the Japanese Print
Association in 1955 and began a long and active international career at the
Tokyo International Print Biennale in 1957 and Ljubljana in 1963. He has
avoided figural subjects, but his works are based in the real world, and he has
drawn much inspiration from fishing and the sea (see Petit). He is typical of
the first post-war generation of 'Sosaku Hanga' artists in his emphasis on
clarity of form and printing, and has achieved a consistent elegance through a
very individual palette of oil pigments which he developed during the 1960s.
Many of his later works have used patterns reminiscent of the Japanese 'obi'
(sash worn with the kimono). His most extensive series have been 'Distant
Memory', 'Dark Change' and 'Imagination'.