Tide

1978

Not on view

Tide, a dynamic, airy sculpture by the Kanagawa-based bamboo artist Fujitsuka Shōsei, is made using the thousand-line construction method (kushime-ami). Shōsei quit his job to begin his apprenticeship after seeing bamboo works displayed in a shop window. Trained by Baba Shōdō (1925–1996, who had in turn been trained by Kosuge Shōchikudō), Shōsei is a highly individualistic artist whose style is difficult to categorize.

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藤塚松星造　「潮」
Title: Tide
Artist: Fujitsuka Shōsei (Japanese, born 1949)
Period: Shōwa period (1926–89)
Date: 1978
Culture: Japan
Medium: Timber bamboo and rattan
Dimensions: H. 17 1/2 × W. 34 × D. 22 in. (44.5 × 86.4 × 55.9 cm)
Classification: Bamboo
Credit Line: Gift of Diane and Arthur Abbey, 2019
Object Number: 2019.424.1
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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