About Ikeda Masuo

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Masuo Ikeda
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    The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto has received a gift of approximately 800 prints by the late IKEDA Masuo (1934-1997), who continues to be highly regarded as the representative of contemporary Japanese printmakers both within and without the country. Donated by Ikeda's partner—Ms. SATO Yoko, violinist—and their private office, the M&Y Office, these prints have been acquired and recorded as "The M&Y Collection." These specially selected works that Ikeda kept for himself cover his printmaking career from 1956 to 1997, including works that won prestigious awards at major print exhibitions around the world, as well as those that are not included in the existing catalogue raisonné and a valuable series of rar...

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