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Scenes of the Twelve Months, circa 1915-25
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Aida Naohiko
Scenes of the Twelve Months, circa 1915-25
Twelve paintings mounted as a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, mineral colors, and gofun on silk
Size each screen 55 x 127 in. (140 x 322.5 cm)
Size each painting 44 x 16 in. (112 x 40.5 cm)
T-4492
Well-known as a Western-style watercolorist, Aida Naohiko here adopts Japanese conventions and a vertical East-Asian format to depict a series of twelve charming, delicate, and atmospheric landscape subjects, each of them related to a particular month of the year and labeled with a cartouche in the form of two overlapping squares of Japanese paper. Some paintings in the series recall the work of painters in the neo-Rinpa style pioneered by Kyoto-based artist and art director Kamisaka Sekka (1866–1942).
Born in Aizu-Wakamatsu, some 200 miles north of Tokyo, Aida Naohiko (known early in his career as Torahiko 寅彦) exhibited regularly at the Bunten official national salon and its successors from 1909 until 1943, eventually reaching mukansa status (free from the requirement to submit his work for selection) and serving as a jury member. He was a member or founder-member of several leading associations devoted to watercolors or Western-style painting, including the Nihon Suisaigakai, the Hakujitsukai, the Hakubakai, and the Taiheiyōgakai.
The twelve scenes are as follows, from right to left:
First Month: Sunrise on New Year’s Day
Second Month: Mountain Home in the Snow
Third Month: Plum-Blossom Village
Fourth Month: Cherry Blossom in the Mountains
Fifth Month: In the Willow's Shade
Sixth Month: The Scent of Flowers
Seventh Month: Evening Cool
Eighth Month: Waterfall Deep in the Mountains
Ninth Month: Rainstorm
Tenth Month: Evening Moon
Eleventh Month: Pasture
Twelfth Month: Withered Grasses in the Mountains -
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Documentation: Signed Period: 1920-1949 Condition: Good. Styles / Movements: Asian Art Incollect Reference #: 789448 -
Dimensions
W. 127 in; H. 55 in; W. 322.58 cm; H. 139.7 cm;
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Thomsen Gallery, located at 9 East 63rd Street in New York City, specializes in important Japanese paintings, screens, scrolls, ceramics, ikebana bamboo baskets, and lacquer objects, as well as contemporary works by select artists. Owned by Erik and Cornelia Thomsen, the gallery offers a wealth of expertise in Japanese art, with global clientele including collectors and museums. Reach them at 212-288-2588 or info@thomsengallery.com
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