B.S #18 Silence

1965

Japanese, 1912-1972

This print from Kosaka's Blue Stone series, with flattened, rounded shapes and ripple-like striations, evokes the natural landscape of a Japanese tea garden. The artist uses thick poster paint applied atop a still-damp watercolor base to achieve the richly-textured visual effect.

Woodblock print

Gift of Frances and Thomas Blakemore

98.53.91

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Beyond the Paper Plane: Japanese Prints from the 1950s to 1970s", September 4, 2004 - June 26, 2005 (9/4/2004 - 6/26/2005)

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