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Flight

Honma Hideaki Japanese
1996
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
In this tour de force of bamboo plaiting, the artist has captured the spirit of a soaring bird. This work is made of a combination of two types of bamboo: menya-dake, a type of bamboo with a subtle mottled pattern that grows on Sado Island, in Niigata Prefecture, where the artist makes his home; and nemagari-dake, a dwarf bamboo often used for basketry in Eastern Japan.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Flight
  • Artist: Honma Hideaki (Japanese, born 1959)
  • Period: Heisei period (1989–2019)
  • Date: 1996
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Bamboo (menya-dake and nemagar-dake); twill plaiting (ajiro ami)
  • Dimensions: Overall: 32 x 17 x 8 3/4 in. (81.3 x 43.2 x 22.2 cm)
  • Classification: Bamboo
  • Credit Line: Collection of Arthur and Diane Abbey
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art