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13" x 10"

original etching by Kenji Ushiku (1922-2012), signed and numbered by artist and professionally framed. dated 1977. excellent vintage condition, wired and ready to hang.

about the artist (excerpt from The Annex Galleries):

Printmaker Kenji Ushiku was born in Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, in 1922. His formal art education took place at the Tokyo School of Fine Art where he studied printmaking and Western-style painting. He began publishing etchings in the early 1950s and his work was particularly sought after in mid-century Japan and the U.S. In his early career Ushiku focused on still lifes and animals, and occasional scenes of bucolic farmlife; much of this work was executed in color etching and aquatint. Later works tended toward abstraction, with relief prints in minimalist shapes and palettes.