A rarely seen image with embossing, gold leaf and mica accents.
Title: The handwritten Japanese text reads 氷の宴 A (Kōri no Utage A), which translates to “Ice Banquet A” or “Feast of Ice A.”
20 x 13.5 in
Frame 27x 21 in
Date pf edition: 1976 numbered: 3/50
Signed in pencil
Self-published.
“Printmaking was a traditionally male-dominant artistic genre in Japan, but the post-war era witnessed an emergence of several women printmakers, of whom Reika Iwami (1927–2020) was one. Iwami is considered the first Japanese woman print artist “to achieve the same status and worldwide recognition as male artists,” according to Mary and Norman Tolman in Collecting Modern Japanese Prints, Then & Now, with her powerful compositions; simple, abstract designs; and embossed and textured surfaces that emerge through limited colors. Besides pursuing her own artistic expression, Iwami was instrumental in founding the Joryū Hanga Kyōkai (Women’s Print Association) in 1956, the first of its kind and one that played a decisive role in bringing talented women printmakers to the forefront. These artists’ innovative, modernistic styles pushed the boundaries of Japan’s long printmaking tradition.” https://www.rom.on.ca/magazine/post-war-japanese-art
Reference:
https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Reika-Iwami/9619C64BD5339A1F/Artworks
https://scriptum.com/artwork/19297-falling-in-waves?artistsid=1597