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Bamboo Sculpture (T-3719)

Creator: Hideaki Honma
Offered by: Thomsen Gallery

Description
Honma Hideaki used parallel-line construction, twining, and bundling techniques to plait this sculpture with madake and hōbichiku bamboo.
Incised signature reads Hide.

Honma studied bamboo plaiting techniques under Honma Kazuaki, his uncle and adopted father. He uses a wide range of techniques to create dramatic, sometimes large-scale sculptural works. His work is in the permanent collections of several US museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago, Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Notes:	Signature on object
Origin:	Japan
Period:	2000-2021
Materials:	Madake and hōbichiku bamboo and rattan
Condition:	Good. Very good condition
Creation Date:	ca. 2005
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Asian
Patterns:	Asian/Oriental, Handmade, Stripes & Solid, Textured
Dealer Reference #:	T-3719
Incollect Reference #:	637772

Dimensions

W.	16.34 in;	H.	21.02 in;	D.	8.03 in;
W.	41.5 cm;	H.	53.4 cm;	D.	20.4 cm;

Message from Seller:

Thomsen gallery, located in a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, offers important Japanese paintings and works of art to collectors and museums worldwide. The gallery specializes in Japanese screens and scrolls; in early Japanese tea ceramics from the medieval through the Edo periods; in masterpieces of ikebana bamboo baskets; and in gold lacquer objects.