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Two Butterflies


Nakayama Tadashi, Two Butterflies, 1972, color woodblock print with metallic leaf on paper, The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection, © unknown, research required, 80.122.312

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Title

Two Butterflies

Artist

Nakayama Tadashi (Japanese, 1927-2014)

Date

1972

Period

Japan: Shōwa period (1926-1989)

Medium

color woodblock print with metallic leaf on paper

Edition

9/85

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 9 1/2 in x 8 7/8 in; sheet: 15 11/16 in x 13 7/8 in

Inscriptions & Markings

edition: 9/85, graphite, bottom margin, right

date; signature: 1972 T. Nakayama, graphite, bottom margin, left

Collection Area

Asian Art; Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Japanese Modern Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

Japanese

Credit Line

The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection

Accession Number

80.122.312

Copyright

© unknown, research required

Terms

butterfly

Japanese woodblock prints

profiles

relief printing

relief prints

Showa

woodcuts

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