This artwork "Peony" 1974 is an original colors and gold leaf screen print by noted Japanese artist Kazutoshi Sugiura, b.1938. It is hand signed, dated, numbered 51/100 and inscribed in Japanese character followed by N 014 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 7.85 x 12.25 inches, framed is 14.75 x 19.25 inches. It is custom framed in a black and gold frame. The artwork is in excellent condition, the frame has minor restorations, barely visible.

About the artist:

Kazutoshi Sugiura was born in 1938 in Kyoto. He attended the Kyoto Municipal College of Fne Arts; Kyoto National Museum Japanese classical painting.
His work is held in the Permanent Collections of The British Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Museum and numerous private collections. Solo exhibitions in New York, Portland, Maryland, Washington, Australia, Canada, Japan.
He has been inspired by flowers for years, and he has an enthusiastic audience who appreciates every interpretation he makes of irises, peonies, roses, cosmos, camellias, chrysanthemums, or spider lilies. He is in particular noted for his compositions of irises and has made more than one hundred different iris prints. He relies on traditional Japanese techniques to execute his silkscreens. He applies squares of gold leaf, in the same way old screens were made, onto handmade Japanese paper. His next silkscreens his floral subjects onto the gold leaf. As each tone requires a separate screen, a colorful and complicated print may go through twenty printing stages. Next, blocking out the flowers, he uses a wash of pale shades of blue, purple, or green to cover the rest of the work,


Condition:
Alterations: Unknown
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: Excellent

Materials & Techniques:
Screen Print

Details:
Art Subjects: Still Life
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used
Frame Type: Framed

Unknown; Some Imperfections; Excellent