Kinji Akagawa (American, b. 1940), Rainbow Talk, 1965 Color Lithograph
Kinji Akagawa (American, born Japan, 1940) is a sculptor, printmaker, educator, and public artist whose work joins Japanese design principles with an interest in collaboration and the social use of shared spaces. After training at the Kuwasawa Design School in Tokyo and studying at Cranbrook Academy of Art, he received a 1965 fellowship at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, where he created his own prints and worked as a master printer for artists including Ruth Asawa, Herbert Bayer, and George Sugarman. Akagawa later taught for 36 years at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and became known for public works that combine sculpture, landscape, architecture, and functional seating. His work is represented in the National Gallery of Art, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and the Walker Art Center.
Rainbow Talk, 1965, is a color lithograph in deep blue-black, charcoal gray, vermilion red-orange, and golden mustard yellow on pale rose-colored wove paper, printed by Kinji Akagawa and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles. A dense central accumulation of brushed forms, crayon textures, broken red contours, and rapidly drawn black lines is anchored by a broad dark vertical shape descending from the upper edge. Long golden-yellow bands extend toward either side, while sweeping open curves and a small isolated red circle highlight the piece. Inscribed in graphite “Tamarind Imp.” at lower left and signed “Kinji Akagawa” at lower right, with the Tamarind workshop and Akagawa printer blindstamps near the lower-left edge. This is one of nine Tamarind impressions retained outside the artist’s edition of 10. Sheet measures approximately 22.25 × 15 inches. Condition is generally good overall, with mild handling waviness and a few minute scattered spots or marks in the open areas and near the margins. Deckled edges; image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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Kinji Akagawa (American, born Japan, 1940) is a sculptor, printmaker, educator, and public artist whose work joins Japanese design principles with an interest in collaboration and the social use of shared spaces. After training at the Kuwasawa Design School in Tokyo and studying at Cranbrook Academy of Art, he received a 1965 fellowship at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, where he created his own prints and worked as a master printer for artists including Ruth Asawa, Herbert Bayer, and George Sugarman. Akagawa later taught for 36 years at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and became known for public works that combine sculpture, landscape, architecture, and functional seating. His work is represented in the National Gallery of Art, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and the Walker Art Center.
Rainbow Talk, 1965, is a color lithograph in deep blue-black, charcoal gray, vermilion red-orange, and golden mustard yellow on pale rose-colored wove paper, printed by Kinji Akagawa and published by the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles. A dense central accumulation of brushed forms, crayon textures, broken red contours, and rapidly drawn black lines is anchored by a broad dark vertical shape descending from the upper edge. Long golden-yellow bands extend toward either side, while sweeping open curves and a small isolated red circle highlight the piece. Inscribed in graphite “Tamarind Imp.” at lower left and signed “Kinji Akagawa” at lower right, with the Tamarind workshop and Akagawa printer blindstamps near the lower-left edge. This is one of nine Tamarind impressions retained outside the artist’s edition of 10. Sheet measures approximately 22.25 × 15 inches. Condition is generally good overall, with mild handling waviness and a few minute scattered spots or marks in the open areas and near the margins. Deckled edges; image presents well. Provenance of Martin and Enid Gleich.
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Dimensions
22.25 x 15 in
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