Okanoue Toshiko
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ArtistJapanese, born 1928
CultureJapanese
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Date1951
MediumHalftone print collage
DimensionsImage: 15 × 11 1/8 in. (38.1 × 28.3 cm)
Sheet: 15 × 11 1/8 in. (38.1 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2002.345
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionOkanoue Toshiko created collages that combined symbols from two visions of modernity—one Japanese, one Western. Using photographic fragments from Western magazines, such as Vogue and Life, she constructed works that she described as “droplets of dreams.” The artist described her initial experiments with collage: “I cut out the photographs that fit my dreams and tried arranging them on black folded paper. Those scraps of my fantasies turned into strangely interesting things, things I would not have thought of.”
ProvenanceThe artist, Kochi, Japan; given to MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Okanoue Toshiko: Collages," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Cameron Foundation Gallery, 8/10/02-11/3/02.

"Utopia/ Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 March - 10 June, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in red on verso lower left: "78 Toshiko"

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