Location

not on view

Description

Ida is a leading contemporary Japanese artist who lives and works in Kyoto. He has also spent extended periods working in London, Paris, and the United States, including several sessions at the San Francisco Printmaking workshop, Crown Point Press. Ida often works in series, exploring the basic forces and elements that exist in the natural world such as gravity, air, and water.

Inscriptions

Inscription

lower right, in graphite: T. P. 13 ; signed, in graphite, lower left: Shoichi Ida '93 ; by artist, lower center, in graphite: Air and Water 18 ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite, on circular piece of brown paper glued to primary support: 6502

Provenance

purchased from (Yoseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan)

Exhibition history

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/97 - 7/21/97. "Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions."

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; March 19 - May 28, 2000. "East Meets West: Tradition and Innovation in Modern Japanese Prints."

Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 21, 1997).

East Meets West: Tradition and Innovation in Modern Japanese Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 19-May 28, 2000).