Copperplate Print - Bookplate 蔵書票「Setting Sun」落日 - 2009 - Katsunori Hamanishi 浜西勝則 (b 1949) - Japan

This is a piece that has been carefully kept by a collector.

It is in very good condition with no visible dirt or stains due to aging.

Unlike regular works of art, bookplates are produced after an order is placed. Sometimes the client's preferences or theme are given to the piece. This work is one that infuses the small surface with the utmost in form and playfulness.

Author: Katsunori Hamanishi
Classification: Prints
Year of production: 2009
Technique/Material: Mezzotint
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Picture size: 9cm × 9.5cm
Overall size: 14cm × 18cm
*Mat is not included.
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▼ Career
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1949: Born in Hokkaido
1973: Graduated from the Department of Art, College of Liberal Arts, Tokai University
1974: Part-time lecturer, Department of Art, College of Liberal Arts, Tokai University (until 1987)
1986, 1998: Visiting artist at Cleveland Institute of Art (Cleveland, USA)
1987-1988: Studied at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Art as an overseas artist trainee of the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Philadelphia, USA)
1988: Visiting professor at the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada)
1989: Worked in Canada as a Canada-Japan exchange artist (Windsor, Canada)
Part-time lecturer, College of Art, Tamagawa University (until 2015)
Part-time lecturer, Yokohama College of Art (present)
1997: Visiting professor at Bradley University (Illinois, USA)
2000: Part-time lecturer, Tokoha Gakuen Junior College (until 2005)
Member of the Japan Print Association and Shunyo-kai
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▼ Major exhibitions and awards
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1979: Ibiza International Print Biennial, top prize (Spain)
1982: Grenchen International Print Triennial, top prize (Switzerland)
1983: Cabo Frio International Print Biennial, grand prize (Brazil)
Frehen International Graphic Exhibition, seventh place (Germany)
1984: International Mezzotint Competition, third prize (US)
1985: Listowel International Print Biennial, honorable mention (Ireland)
1987: Taiwan International Print Exhibition, gold prize (Taiwan)
1989: Valparaiso International Print Biennial, excellence prize (Chile)
Winner of the Excellence Award at the Bharat Bhavan International Print Biennale (India)
1999: Winner of the Honorable Mention at the Yamamoto Kanae Print Grand Prize Exhibition (Japan)
2003: Winner of the Excellence Award at the Ankara International Exlibris (Bookplate) Competition (Turkey)
2004: Hamaguchi Yozo and Hamanishi Katsunori Mezzotint Exhibition, Worcester Art Museum (Massachusetts, USA)
2005: "Out of The Darkness" Exhibition, London (UK)
2010: "Publication of Work Commemoration" Exhibition, Shanghai Lu Xun Memorial Museum (China)
2012: Hamaguchi Yozo and Hamanishi Katsunori Mezzotint Exhibition, Smithsonian Museum (Virginia, USA)
2013: "Art Institute Chicago" Exhibition (Chicago)
2014: Saint Nicholas Museum (Belgium)
2015: State Museum of Oriental Art (Russia)
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