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| AKUTAGAWA (MADOKORO), Saori 1924 - 1966 |
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| From a Myth "The Birth of Gods" |
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| 1956 |
| Batik on cotton cloth, 194.0×130.3 cm |
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| The National Museum of Art, Osaka |
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| Provenance |
| Art Gallery Kan, Tokyo; Purchased by the NMAO, FY1996. |
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| Exhibition History |
| 1956 |
Dai 41 Kai Nika Ten, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, 1956/09/01 - 1956/09/19, p. 92. |
| 2004 |
Collection 1, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Osaka, 2004/11/03 - 2005/01/23 |
| 2005 |
Collection 3, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Osaka, 2005/10/22 - 2005/12/18 |
| 2007 |
The 30th Anniversary: Collection of the National Museum of Art, Osaka, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Osaka, 2007/12/18 - 2008/02/11, pp. 048-049, col. repr. |
| 2008 |
Collection 3, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Osaka, 2008/09/27 - 2008/11/24 |
| 2009 |
[Tour Exhibition] SAORI AKUTAGAWA, Yokosuka Museum of Art, Yokosuka, 2009/02/14 - 2009/03/22, Section 3: [Shinwa・Minwa no Sekai]. cat. no. 19. pp. 59, col. repr., 109. |
| 2010 |
[Tour Exhibition] Streams of the New: Masterpieces from the National Museum of Art, Osaka, The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, 2010/08/05 - 2010/10/03, III. cat. no. 44, plates: p. 62, col. repr., description of artist and works: : p. 22. |
| 2012 |
Collection, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Osaka, 2012/01/07 - 2012/04/08 |
| 2016 |
ECCE HOMO The Human Images in Contemporary Art, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Osaka, 2016/01/16 - 2016/03/21, "1: The Tragedy of Everyday Life". pp. 33, col. repr., 108 [description], 120. |
| 2020 |
They Do Not Understand Each Other, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong, 2020/05/25 - 2020/09/13 |
| 2021 |
Collection 3: Between Visible and Inbisible, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Osaka, 2021/03/20 - 2021/05/30 |
| 2024 |
Collection 1: Portraits of Her, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Osaka, 2024/11/02 - 2025/01/26 |
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| Bibliography |
| 2004 |
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, ed., "3 Japan after the Second World War". The National Museum of Art, Osaka: Selected Works from the Collection, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Osaka, p. 44, col. repr. |
| 2012 |
Shima, Atsuhiko. The National Museum of Art, Osaka, ed., The National Museum of Art, Osaka: Selected Works from the Collection. Supplementary volume, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Osaka, p. 19, repr. |
| 2012 |
Shima, Atsuhiko. The National Museum of Art, Osaka, ed., The National Museum of Art, Osaka: Selected Works from the Collection, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Osaka, p. 53, col. repr. |
| 2024 |
Kudo, Kasumi., Christopher Stephens. trans, Defiant, Passionate, Intense:The Life and Work of Saori Akutagawa, THE TOKYO SHIMBUN,Tokyo, cat. no. 30(S-35), p. 063, col. repr., list. no. S-35, col. repr., p. 098. |
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| Works by this artist |
| Woman (I), 1955, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo | | Woman (B), 1955, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo | | Myth―Birth of Gods, 1956, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo | | From the Japanese Myth, 1956, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo | | Black and Brown, 1962, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo | | Sphinx, 1964, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo | | From a Myth "The Birth of Gods", 1956, The National Museum of Art, Osaka |
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