Miwa Komatsu Together with the Komainu Silkscreen 2020, Signed, Edition of 50, Framed, Boxed
Miwa Komatsu Together with the Komainu Silkscreen 2020, Signed, Edition of 50, Framed, Boxed
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Together with the Komainu, a 2020 silkscreen by Miwa Komatsu in an edition of 50, signed in pencil, two guardian lion-dogs mirrored inside an oval of blue, pink and gold, framed in black.
The Piece
Miwa Komatsu, born in Nagano in 1984, paints the guardian beasts and spirits of Japanese belief in dense, glittering line, and in 2015 her Arita porcelain komainu entered the British Museum. Her silkscreens are printed in small numbered editions and carry the same coiled energy as her paintings.
The komainu are the paired guardians who stand at shrine gates, and Komatsu has made them her signature subject. Here one beast rises above a band of pink and its twin reflects below, both drawn in black and gold scrolls inside a deep blue oval on a white sheet. The signature sits at lower right and the edition number at lower left.
The work measures 45.5 x 37.7 cm (17.9 x 14.8 in). Kept unopened in its storage box and cloth bag since framing, it is as fresh as new.
Details
- Artist: Miwa Komatsu (born 1984)
- Title: Together with the Komainu
- Year: 2020
- Medium: Silkscreen
- Edition: 50
- Signature: Pencil, lower right; edition lower left
- Size: 45.5 x 37.7 cm (17.9 x 14.8 in)
- Frame: Black wood with white mount
- Accessories: Storage box and yellow cloth bag
- Condition: Unused, framed
Condition
- Unused and kept in its storage box since framing.
- Print, mount and frame clean.
Condition grade S (new, unused) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
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Every piece is checked by hand in Tokyo before it leaves us. Hang a framed print away from direct sun, damp walls and heaters, and clean the glazing with a barely damp cloth, never spraying onto the frame.
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