Sitting Monkey
Artist
Akio Takamori
(Japanese, 1950 - 2017)
Publisher
The Lawrence Lithography Workshop
(American, founded 1979)
Date2011
MediumLithograph and inkjet print on Somerset Enhanced Velvet paper
DimensionsImage: 17 × 11 1/4 inches (43.18 × 28.58 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/4 × 13 1/4 inches (56.52 × 33.66 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/4 × 13 1/4 inches (56.52 × 33.66 cm)
Credit LineGift of C. Richard and Evelyn Belger
Object number2023.40.87
SignedSigned below the image: Akio T-------- 2011
MarkingsSigned below the image: Sitting Monkey LLW IMP
Edition/State/ProofLLW IMP
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionThe ceramic figure of a nude, bald, pot-bellied boy, seen from the waist up, occupies the center of the print. He faces left with his face seen in three-quarter view. He has pale red cheeks and a red line goes from under his proper left ear to his chin. His rudimentary red hands are clutched to his chest. A grey monkey – drawn, not ceramic – with a pink face and hands crouches on his head, facing left. The monkey drops a round black object from his proper right hand. A pile of similar objects occupies the lower edge of the print.ProvenanceC. Richard Belger and Evelyn Craft Belger, Kansas City, MO;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.
Copyright© Estate of Akio Takamori
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