id: 161604 accession number: 2000.178 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.178 updated: 2023-08-23 23:51:23.935000 Iris #118, 1995. Katzutoshi Sugiura (Japanese, 1938-). Color screenprint; sheet: 53.9 x 38 cm (21 1/4 x 14 15/16 in.); image: 40.4 x 28.5 cm (15 7/8 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2000.178 title: Iris #118 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1995 creation date earliest: 1995 creation date latest: 1995 current location: creditline: Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt copyright: --- culture: Japan, 20th century technique: color screenprint department: Prints collection: PR - Screenprint type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Katzutoshi Sugiura (Japanese, 1938-) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 53.9 x 38 cm (21 1/4 x 14 15/16 in.); Image: 40.4 x 28.5 cm (15 7/8 x 11 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: 50 support materials: description: wove paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: numbered, titled in Japanese characters, signed and dated in graphite, below image: 43/50 NO 118 K Sugiura '95 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections". --- PROVENANCE [The Verne Collection, Cleveland] date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Iris #118 recalls early Japanese folding screens in the way the beautiful flowers are painted on a gold background for a rich, decorative effect. Here, as with screens, squares of gold leaf were applied onto handmade Japanese paper. The artist then screenprinted the floral design and softened the glittering effect of the gold leaf by covering it with a pale wash. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES