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Maker(s):Kimura, Risaburō
Culture:Japanese
Title:New York from "Portfolio of Twenty Cities"
Date Made:1973
Type:Print
Materials:screenprint
Measurements:Sheet: 30 in x 22 in; 76.2 cm x 55.9 cm; Image: 28 in x 20 in; 71.1 cm x 50.8 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1986.51.9
Credit Line:Gift of Dr. Samuel S. Mandel
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
ID))): In this rectangular print, Kimura Risaburo creates an abstract representation of a bustling urban landscape. It comprises many small, colorful, three-dimensional rectangular shapes that sprout from the bottom, top, and right sides of the artwork, arranged against a turquoise background. The rectangles resemble tiny buildings or skyscrapers and are rendered in a vibrant array of colors, including pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and so on, oriented at various angles. (Shinsaku Kataoka '26)

Tags:
buildings; cities; square; patterns

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