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Parallel-Line Rectangular Flower Basket, ca 1992

Creator: Shobun Suemura
Offered by: Thomsen Gallery

Description
Suemura Shōbun
Parallel-Line Rectangular Flower Basket, ca 1992
Bamboo and rattan
Size 6½ x 14¼ x 4½ in. (16.5 x 36 x 11.5 cm)
T-5008

Bamboo, rattan, dye; parallel-line construction, twining, wrapping, knotting, natural bamboo handle
Signed underneath Shōbun

Comes with its original wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside Sudare-ami tanzaku hanakago (Parallel-Line-Construction Rectangular Flower Basket); signed inside Suemura Shōbun; seals: Shōbun, Bunzō; printed artist biography with manuscript additions including events up to about 1992 (the 24th Nitten Exhibition)

A native of Osaka, Suemura Shōbun was a leading pupil of the great bamboo artist Yamamoto Chikuryōsai I from 1936, achieving independent status in 1941. He began showing his baskets at the Nitten and other national exhibitions in 1951. Working in a wide variety of techniques, Shōbun often made baskets in which traditional ami (plaiting) is replaced by parallel-line construction, with unwoven verticals secured by horizontal twining and elaborate knotting to striking and original visual effect.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	1980-1999
Creation Date:	1992
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Asian
Incollect Reference #:	840680

Dimensions

W.	14.25 in;	H.	6.5 in;	D.	4.5 in;
W.	36.2 cm;	H.	16.51 cm;	D.	11.43 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.