id:			159290
accession number:	1995.82
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.82
updated:		2023-04-25 11:42:56.125000

Air and Water 18, 1993. Shoichi Ida (Japanese, 1941–2006). Polyptych (five plates); color spitbite, aquatint, and drypoint with chine collé; sheet: 42.8 x 54 cm (16 7/8 x 21 1/4 in.); image: 19.8 x 31.9 cm (7 13/16 x 12 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Ward Collection Fund 1995.82

title:				Air and Water 18
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creation date:			1993
creation date earliest:		1993
creation date latest:		1993
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William E. Ward Collection Fund
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culture:	Japan, 20th century
technique:	polyptych (five plates); color spitbite, aquatint, and drypoint with chine collé
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Shoichi Ida (Japanese, 1941–2006)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 42.8 x 54 cm (16 7/8 x 21 1/4 in.); Image: 19.8 x 31.9 cm (7 13/16 x 12 9/16 in.)
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	description:	white wove paper
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	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
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions
	opening date:   1997-04-19T00:00:00
	<i>Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 21, 1997).

	title:		East Meets West:  Tradition and Innovation in Modern Japanese Prints
	opening date:   2000-03-19T00:00:00
	<i>East Meets West:  Tradition and Innovation in Modern Japanese Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 19-May 28, 2000).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/97 - 7/21/97.  "Contemporary Prints:  Recent Acquisitions."<br>Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; March 19 - May 28, 2000.  "East Meets West:  Tradition and Innovation in Modern Japanese Prints."

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PROVENANCE

	purchased from (Yoseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan)
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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.
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