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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
[Mountain Landscape]
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

[Mountain Landscape]

Date1957
Maker George Tsutakawa born 1910, Seattle, Washington; died 1997 Seattle
Label TextThrough all his years of creating large-scale fountains and abstract sculptures, Tsutakawa continued to paint small, unpretentious pictures in sumi ink and watercolor. He often captured the mountains of the Pacific Northwest in expressive strokes of black ink highlighted by playful washes of blue, yellow, green and red. Although this work has received less attention than Tsutakawa’s magnificent water sculptures, it reveals a different and more intimate side of the artist, who found inspiration in the natural forms of nature, from tiny pieces of seaweed to monolithic stone slabs.
Object number2010.32.2
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Published ReferencesSivanesan, Haema. In the Present Moment: Buddhim, Contemporary Art, and Social Practice. Exh. Cat. Victoria: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 2022; p. 22, reproduced fig. 20 [not in exhibition].
Credit LineGift of Robert Kaplan and Jane Kaplan from the collection of Charles and Lillian Kaplan
Dimensions11 x 25 in. (27.9 x 63.5 cm)
MediumInk and watercolor on Japanese sumi paper
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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Object number: 2009.52.86
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Object number: 2009.52.85
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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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Object number: 2009.52.80
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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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