Kabuki Space
Artist
Betty Woodman
(American, 1930 - 2018)
Printer
Bud Shark
(American, born 1946)
Publisher
Shark's Ink
Date2000
MediumColor woodcut on white Thai Mulberry paper
DimensionsImage and sheet: 24 7/8 × 36 11/16 inches (63.18 × 93.2 cm)
Framed: 43 1/2 × 31 1/2 × 1 3/8 inches (110.49 × 80.01 × 3.49 cm)
Framed: 43 1/2 × 31 1/2 × 1 3/8 inches (110.49 × 80.01 × 3.49 cm)
Credit LineGift of American Century Services, LLC
Object number2019.57.13
SignedIn graphite at LR corner of image, "Betty Woodman".
InscribedIn graphite in LL corner of image, "Kabuki Space" and in LC of image, "5/90".
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DescriptionThree multi-colored, patterned vessels or vessel fragments, two in the foreground and one further back, are staged on orange/tan surfaces in this vertically oriented color print. The perspective of the space is flattened. Blue patterns across a green ground decorate a back wall and a green, pink, and beige decorative border extends across the top of the print.Exhibition HistoryProvenance
With Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO;
Purchased from them by American Century Services, LLC, Kansas City, MO, possibly in 2001 [1];
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, December 31, 2019.
NOTES
[1] Some reports provided from American Century's collection database include accession numbers that seem to reflect the accession year, but the staff was unable to confirm if they do indeed represent the accession date.
Purchased from them by American Century Services, LLC, Kansas City, MO, possibly in 2001 [1];
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, December 31, 2019.
NOTES
[1] Some reports provided from American Century's collection database include accession numbers that seem to reflect the accession year, but the staff was unable to confirm if they do indeed represent the accession date.
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