The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

Nene

2002

Daniel Kelly

(American, 1947-)
America
woodcut hand colored with white paint
Sheet: 77.5 x 94 cm (30 1/2 x 37 in.)
Gift of Gloria and Leon Plevin in memory of Fred Schmidt 2002.107
Location: Not on view

Description

Koi, appreciated in Japan for their pretty gold and red markings, are often found in ponds and streams. This oversized specimen is named after the artist’s neighbor. Kelly learned traditional Japanese woodcut procedures and black ink painting from the master Tokuriki in Kyoto. Tokuriki taught him to start again rather than to correct a painting, and Kelly learned "that immediate touch--the moment you’re doing it--is important." Kelly’s work always appears spontaneous, an effect reinforced by adding accents in white paint.
  • (The Verne Collection, Cleveland)
  • Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections".
  • {{cite web|title=Nene|url=false|author=Daniel Kelly|year=2002|access-date=13 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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