Sunset, Point of Arches, #10
1981
Tsutakawa 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.
Sumi ink on rice paper
Image: 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)
Gift of the Marshall and Helen Hatch Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
2009.52.83
Provenance: Artist to Foster White Gallery, Seattle, Washington, to Marshall and Helen Hatch
Photo: Elizabeth Mann