Artist: Risaburo Kimura- Japanese/American (1924-2014 )
Title: City 369
Year: circa 1972
Medium: Serigraph
Sight size: 25 x 19.75 inches.
Sheet size: 28.75 x 22.75 inches.
Signature: Signed lower right
Edition: 300 This one: 262/300
Condition: Very good
Unframed

This color screenprint is by the noted Japanese/American artist Risaburo Kimura (1924-2014). He is noted for is colorful abstract cityscapes. This one is in very good, never framed condition.

Painter and printmaker Risaburo Kimura was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, in 1924. Before pursuing art, he attended the Kanagawa Instructor's School (now the Yokohama National University) and, in 1959, he studied philosophy at Hosei University. While at Hosei he took extracurricular art courses from Tetsuzo Tanikawa, and he decided to become an art critic. This was short lived, however, when he realized he wanted to become a painter. He joined the Sozo Biiku Movement (Society for Creative Art Education), centered around creative artistic freedom and led by artists such as Teijiro Kubo and Ay-o.

In 1964 he traveled to the United States to open an atelier in New York, where he began focusing on printmaking, especially silkscreen. He became known for his themes of cities and city life, creating the series "Great Cities of the World" in the late 1960s, featuring abstracted, colorful depictions of fictional major metropolitan areas executed in both silkscreen and lithography. With over 400 images, the series took three years to complete. Kimura died in New York in 2014.

Exhibitions (partial list of group and solo exhibitions):
Brooklyn Museum
Guggenheim Museum
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Biennial of Prints, Tokyo
Modern Prints of Japan, Brussels, Belgium
Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City

Collections:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Kyoto City Hall. Kyoto, Japan
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
National Museum of Modern Art, Japan
Museo La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia


Kimura exhibited in both group and solo shows at the Brooklyn Museum; the Guggenheim Museum; and the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan, among others. Special exhibitions included the Biennial of Prints in Tokyo; Modern Prints of Japan, Brussels, Berlgium; Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico Coty; and the Japanese Arts Festival at the Guggenheim, among others.

His work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Brooklyn Museum; Kyoto City Hall, Japan; Oklahoma Art Center; Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio; National Museumof Modern Art, Japan; Museo La Tertulia Cali in Colombia, South America; and the Museum of Modern Art, NY, among others.

Kimura died in New York in 2014.


Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: Very good, never-framed condition.

Origin:
United States

Materials & Techniques:
Paper, Screen Print

Details:
Frame Type: Unframed
Country of Origin: United States
Art Subjects: Cityscape
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used

Original Condition Unaltered; Some Imperfections; Very good, never-framed condition.