Lune (Moon)
Minami Keiko, Lune (Moon), 1954, etching and aquatint on paper, The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection, © Musée Hamaguchi Yōzō, 84.25.220
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- Title
Lune (Moon)
- Related Titles
japanese title: 月
original language: Lune
translated: Moon
- Artist
Minami Keiko (Japanese, active France, United States, and Japan, 1911–2004)
- Date
1954
- Period
Japan: Shōwa period (1926-1989)
- Medium
etching and aquatint on paper
- Edition
11/25
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
plate: 12 13/16 in x 9 3/8 in; sheet: 22 3/16 in x 15 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
annotation: The Offering 26. 35, graphite [in a different hand], bottom margin, right Language: English
annotation: 1. L'Offrande, graphite [in a different hand], bottom margin, left Language: French
edition: 11/25, graphite, lower left
signature: Keiko Minami, graphite, lower right
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Modern Prints
- Object Type
intaglio print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection
- Accession Number
84.25.220
- Copyright
© Musée Hamaguchi Yōzō
- Terms
This evocative image of a young woman holding a large basket of flowers, with a half moon and a sea gull in the sky overhead, was made when Minami had been making prints for only a short time. She had arrived in Paris in late 1953 and began studying the art of aquatint etching. As yet unable to speak French and overwhelmed by her surroundings, she threw herself into her art.
!T!There are flower vendors on every corner in Paris, and young and old buy flowers to !T!take home. They were expensive, so I hesitated, but I bought some, too.
!T!- From Minami’s diary, summer day, 1954
- Exhibitions
2015 Breaking Barriers: Japanese Women Print Artists 1950-2000 Portland Art Museum