Artist: Masami Teraoka (b. 1936) Japan
Title: 31 Flavors Invading Japan / French Vanilla 1V, 1979. ( Whitney Museum of American Art, New York )
Medium: etching
Framed: Yes with glass
Dimension: Framed- 19 1/2" x 55"
Condition: Frame has some scratches, chip. Print has few speckles, some toning...
Rich with symbolism, this is the first major retrospective of the work of the internationally recognized visual artist, Masami Teraoka. His complex paintings are a riot of sexually frank tableaux, filled with geishas, goddesses and prominent contemporary figures.
Teraoka's work has been reviewed, collected and exhibited throughout the United States and abroad.
Significant museums exhibit include the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Walker Art Center, Contemporary Art Museum in Houston, The contemporary Museum in Honolulu, Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Asian Art Museum in SF, Yale University Art Gallery, Chicumagawa Highway Museum in Japan, Fredericksburg Bastion in Copenhagen, Denmark, Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, Scottland. He is in many, many other museums from The Tate in London to museums in Costa Rica...