Indian ink wash, charcoal, graphite (frottage) over woodcut on laid paper
Japan, circa 1940
Kokuta Suda (1906-1990) - Japanese artist
Monogrammed in Japanese lower right
Verso inscribed on a label Kokouta Suda, member of National Society of Japan Paintings, who lives in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture’
Original Japanese box frame
Overall dimensions framed 69.5 x 56 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Private Collection, Lower Saxony
Figurative composition from his early oeuvre; larger works on paper by Suda Kokuta fetch up to 15,000 euros on the international auction market

This work by the Japanese artist Kokuta Suda combines different graphic techniques. Shown is the figure of Kannon standing on a lotus pedestal in a niche, casting a shadow. The presentation of the Buddhist deity is executed in the process of xylography, which is a form of the woodcut, in which the wood is cut across the grain. The fund is applied in Indian ink wash with the finest shading. Further the artist used the technique of graphite frottage, a rubbing technique used to transfer the rough relief surfaces on the image carrier. The contours were drawn with charcoal.



The work is monogrammed lower right. The sheet is mounted on a support. In the upper area of the subject and at the lower left corners each with a small loss of paper and pale foxing, otherwise overall in good condition. The paper measures 53.2 x 39.5 cm. The framed dimensions are 69.5 x 56 cm. The original Japanese box frame shows slight signs of use.



Kokuta Suda (1906-1990)

Kokuta Suda was born 1906 in Saitama. He first started painting figurative motifs, based on the western style of painting. After 1949, his direction changed to abstract painting with calligraphic motifs, which he carried out in strong and broad brushstrokes.

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