Masami Teraoka
31 Flavors Invades Japan / Today's Special

31 Flavors Invades Japan / Today's Special
31 Flavors Invades Japan / Today's Special
31 Flavors Invades Japan / Today's Special
ArtistJapanese, born 1936
PublisherLos Angeles, active 1975-1995
CultureJapanese-American
Titles
  • 31 Flavors Invades Japan / Today's Special
Date1982
MediumWoodcut in colors with watercolor on Kozo paper, edition 308/500
DimensionsBlock (excluding right margin inscriptions): 10 3/8 × 15 3/4 in. (26.3 × 40 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 16 9/16 in. (28 × 42 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2021.538
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist and Space Gallery, 1982; [Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, by 2021]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Exhibition History"Collectivity," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Jan. 8, 2022-Jan. 29, 2023 [Third Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 314: No Catalog]

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed inscriptions on recto:
Right side: A Scene from Today's Life
Lower right: Teraoka Family seal (山加屋)
Center: She is about to lick.
Lower left: Masami Teraoka
Right margin: Printer: Kanjiro Sato / Carver: Hanpei Okura

Verso: Signed in graphite, bottom right edge: Masami Teraoka
Verso: Numbered in graphite, top right edge: 308/500

Recto: [none]
Verso: Signed in graphite, right bottom edge: Masami Teraoka © [cursive]
Catalogue raisonnéAscending Chaos p. 214

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