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Description
1 sheet of text, 32 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 40 cm. In half-cloth portfolio. Eight plates are color stencilled, twenty-four are color printed (color lithography). The portfolio comprises 99 designs, four of which are full page. Color plate mounted on portfolio cover. Mizuki develops his patterns from a mathematical starting point, devising combinations of basic geometric shapes from equations. His work is influenced by the European Art Deco aesthetic, most notably drawing from M. P. Verneuil's portfolio, Kaleidoscope - Ornements Abstraits (Paris 1926). All text in Japanese.
Publication Date
1930
Imprint / Year
Kyōto : Unsodo, Shōwa 5 [1930]
Publisher
Unsōdō
City
Kyōto
Keywords
pattern, decoration, ornament, Japan, Japanese art, color, mathmatics, design, themes, motives, abstract art, chromolighography, stencil work
Disciplines
Book and Paper
RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record
Recommended Citation
Heitaro, Mizuki; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "Abstract Pattern Portfolio" (1930). Pattern, Ornament, and Decoration. 1.
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