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AKUTAGAWA (MADOKORO), Saori   1924 - 1966
 
 
From a Myth "The Birth of Gods"
 
1956
Batik on cotton cloth, 194.0×130.3 cm
 
10318
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
 
Provenance
Art Gallery Kan, Tokyo; Purchased by the NMAO, FY1996.
 
Exhibition History
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
 
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.
 
 
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