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Lacquer Folding Screen with Roof Tiles, 1952

Creator: Ikeda Kiichi
Offered by: Thomsen Gallery

Description
Ikeda Kiichi
Lacquer Folding Screen with Roof Tiles, 1952
Maki-e gold and colored lacquer on wood with shell inlays
Size 22¾ x 71¾ x ¾ in. (57.7 x 182.2 x 1.7 cm)
T-4811

A low two-panel byobu (folding screen) worked in colored lacquer with shell inlay depicting ten black or ochre kawara (ceramic roof tiles), some with impressed decoration

Exhibited:
Eighth Nitten Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno Park, Tokyo, October 29–December 1, 1952

Published:
Nittenshi Hensan Iinkai (Nittenshi Editorial Committee), Nittenshi 17 (History of the National Salon 17), Nitten hen 2 (The Nitten Exhibition 2), Tokyo, Nitten, 1987, pp. 356, 370 (no. 30)

Born in Kaga City, an ancient center of lacquer craft, Ikeda Kiichi studied under several local masters before showing his work at national level from 1949 at the Fifth Nitten exhibition. That piece was a tebako (formal accessory box) but at the next three Nitten exhibitions he showed ambitious lacquer byōbu (folding screens): first, in 1950, a dramatic composition of rocks and boulders; second, in 1951, scattered logs of charcoal; and finally in 1952 the present screen with its inventive tile design. Ikeda is noted for his success in breathing new life into the venerable tradition of Kaga maki-e (lacquer ware with sprinkled gold powder designs made in Kaga Province [present-day Ishikawa Prefecture]), often using motifs that reflect local crafts and customs.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	1950-1979
Creation Date:	1952
Styles / Movements:	Asian Art
Incollect Reference #:	827039

Dimensions

W.	71.75 in;	H.	22.75 in;	D.	0.75 in;
W.	182.25 cm;	H.	57.79 cm;	D.	1.91 cm;

Message from Seller:

Thomsen Gallery, now located at 8 East 67th Street, New York City, NY 10065, specializes in important Japanese paintings, folding screens, hanging scrolls, ceramics, ikebana bamboo baskets, lacquerware, and contemporary works by select artists. Owned and directed by Erik and Cornelia Thomsen, the gallery brings decades of expertise in Japanese art to a global clientele, including private collectors and major museums. For inquiries, contact them at 212-288-2588 or info@thomsengallery.com.