![Title unknown [still life with foreign pots] by Sumio Kawakami — Japanese Woodblock print, ink on paper, 1960s](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135925.jpg)
Title unknown [still life with foreign pots]
- Date:
- 1960s
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink on paper
- Dimensions:
- 51.8 × 71.8 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
$500–$4,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: As an early sosaku-hanga pioneer, Kawakami's prints have historical significance. His distinctive graphic style is collected.
This 1960s still-life with foreign pots — untitled in the records — presents a grouping of vessels of distinctly non-Japanese character: pots, jars, or containers whose forms mark them as products of other ceramic traditions, whether Chinese, Korean, or Western. Kawakami's interest in objects as carriers of cultural identity makes the "foreign pot" a resonant subject: objects that have traveled, that carry in their forms the aesthetics of their places of origin, that become visible evidence of exchange. The ink-only medium gives the composition a restrained elegance.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Title unknown [still life with foreign pots] was created by Sumio Kawakami (川上澄生) in 1960s.
Title unknown [still life with foreign pots] depicts still life.
Title unknown [still life with foreign pots] measures 51.8 × 71.8 cm.
