Rain (Ann Arbor, Michigan) / Saitô Kiyoshi

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Accession Number
1959/2.28
Title
Rain (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Artist Life Dates
(active 1907 - 1997)
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Object Creation Date
1956
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
Japan (nation)
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Style/Group/Movement
Sôsaku hanga
Inscription
Signed, lower left: Kiyoshi Saito
Dimensions
50.8 cm x 37.47 cm (20 in. x 14 3/4 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Print
Primary Object Type
color print
Secondary Object Classification
Print
Secondary Object Type
abstract
Physical Description
This work portrays a dynamic, umbrella-studded view of the University of Michigan Diag, based on sketches Saitô made during his trip to Ann Arbor in the fifties.
Subject Matter
In the 1950s and 1960s the Creative Print (sôsaku hanga) movement became the new face of Japanese art in the international art scene. Not initially prized in Japan, much work by Creative Print Movement artists was indeed intended for international audiences. As the movement came to represent the nation in the modern art world, artists like Saitô traveled to sell their work and galleries were established overseas from which to distribute and display it. This generated international exposure that garnered for these artists a more cosmopolitan image that was critical to their success both domestically and abroad.
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905 x 1199
File Size
86 KB
Record
1959/2.28
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"Rain (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Saitô Kiyoshi." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1959-sl-2.28/1959_2.28.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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