Sunset, Point of Arches, #10

Date1981

Maker George Tsutakawa born 1910, Seattle, Washington; died 1997 Seattle

Label TextTsutakawa made this work in 1981, the same year that the Emperor of Japan presented him with the Order of the Rising Sun Award, Fourth Class. Through all his years of creating large-scale fountains and abstract sculptures, Tsutakawa continued to paint small, unpretentious pictures in sumi ink and watercolor.

Object number2009.52.83

ProvenanceArtist to Foster White Gallery, Seattle, Washington, to Marshall and Helen Hatch

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, "Northwest Impressions: Works on Paper", September 2 - November 2, 1986

Credit LineGift of the Marshall and Helen Hatch Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

DimensionsImage: 17 1/2 x 25 1/8 in. (44.5 x 63.8 cm) Frame: 23 1/2 x 32 1/8 in. (59.7 x 81.6 cm)

MediumSumi ink on rice paper