Tsuioku (Recollection)

1997

Michi Itami

Associated Names
Michi Itami

Artist, American, born 1938

Jim "BJ" Hughes

Printer, American

Brandywine Workshop and Archives

Publisher

The image consists of intricate, overlapping lines and speckled textures that create an abstract composition. The patterns resemble a cloudy skyline or a weathered landscape seen through a veil, evoking a sense of worn paper or a film grain effect. In the upper portion, fragmented lines and a circular shape resemble a distant sun or moon, partially obscured by clouds or mist. Towards the lower part, the darker, densely dotted area could be likened to a stretch of land or a body of water, creating a horizon-like divide in the artwork.
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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G27

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color offset lithograph on wove Somerset paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Funds from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation

  • Dimensions

    image: 42.7 × 43.1 cm (16 13/16 × 16 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 54.2 × 75.8 cm (21 5/16 × 29 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.22.24

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia; gifted to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"Michi Itami '97" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Tsuioku" lower center margin, graphite, artist's hand. "76/100" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand.

Markings

Brandywine chop, lower left margin.

Watermarks

Somerset England

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