Amano Kazumi, Japanese, 1927–2001, Self-figure (Mirror), 1965, woodblock print; ink and color on embossed paper, Gift of Sue Y. S. Kimm and Seymour Grufferman 2019.78.24

Amano Kazumi: Prints from the Kimm-Grufferman Collection

Amano Kazumi: Prints from the Kimm-Grufferman Collection

May 29, 2021 - May 29, 2022
Gallery 226, 227, 237
Free exhibition

In 1964, a young David Hockney won First Prize at the International Exhibition of Drawings and Engravings in Lugano, Switzerland; at the same event, Amano Kazumi received an excellence award for prints of his abstract Moral series. Amano first studied under Munakata Shikō, Japan’s best-known contemporary print artist, who is famous for his roughly executed black-and-white designs. Amano’s early works emulate Munakata’s style but take on subjects of his home, Toyama, such as dances associated with the iron mills. In the early 1960s, Amano radically changed his style and from then on created abstract shapes in strong and bright colors. In 1971, Amano left Japan and moved with his family to New York. This exhibition focuses on Amano’s time in Japan and presents prints from the extensive collection of Sue Y. S. Kimm and Seymour Grufferman.

Amano Kazumi, Japanese, 1927–2001, Self-figure (Mirror), 1965, woodblock print; ink and color on embossed paper, Gift of Sue Y. S. Kimm and Seymour Grufferman 2019.78.24