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Beautiful reclining female nude by Mikao Kono (1900-1979)

Creator: Micao Kono
Offered by: Avant-Garde Gallery by Pierre Bosche

Description
Oil on paper pasted on canvas. Signed and dated XXXIII (33) in red bottom left.

Dimension: 46 x 38cm (without frame), 52 x 44cm (with frame)

Miçao Kono was a Japanese artist who came to Paris in the early 1920s. He painted in oils and watercolors, and also did a number of etchings. Micao Kono became famous with his nude portraits combining traditional Japanese style with the modernity of the Art Deco. His paintings were very popular in the Art Deco interiors. They were romantic and sensuous; his work is close to his Japanese fellow countryman Foujita. Kono’s technique was unusual as he used heavy white over which her painted his subject in pastel colors. Either by design or by the passage of time the white paint always shows signs of cracking.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	1920-1949
Materials:	Oil, Paper, Canvas.
Creation Date:	1933
Styles / Movements:	Other , Color, Asian Art
Dealer Reference #:	240
Incollect Reference #:	290841

Dimensions

W.	17.32 in;	H.	20.47 in;
W.	44 cm;	H.	52 cm;

Message from Seller:

Avant-Garde Gallery is dedicated to the XXth Century Decorative Arts. We are an antique dealer which offers works of art by artists who shaped the XXth century and our present. The artists on displays embodied the Avant-garde and keep surprising us by their modernity. They are painters, poster designers, designers, cabinet makers, sculptors, ceramists, silversmiths or photographers. P: 3361118125611 E: pierre.bosche@gmail.com