HAMANISHI Katsunori (b. 1949, Hokkaido)

 Technique:

 C 7 (Mezzotint)

 Country:

Japan

 Title :

Procession

 Edition:

Llimited edition.  Signed by the artist in pencil. 

 2005

 Dimensions:

65X 100 mm

 180 x 140 mm

 Exlibris Owner:

S. Ezoe

 Note:

Excellent

 The Artist:

Born in Hokkaido in 1949, Hamanishi Katsunori graduated in with a Master of Fine Arts from in 1973 from Tokai University (Tokio). This Japanese artist, a master on the mezzotint technique, won several renowned international art prizes and is represented in the collections of major museums.        

Art Institute of Chicago

The British Museum; London

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

National Museum of Art, Osaka

Cleveland Museum of Art

Library of Congress

Krakow National Museum, Poland

Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo

“The Mezzotints of Hamanishi Katsunori” Art Institute of Chicago. 

“Out of Darkness" Japanese Mezzotints from the Hitch Collection, Smithsonian Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington D.C.

“Masters of Mezzotint”, Worcester Museum, MA

Tobai International, Chicago, Illinois

Biella International Print Exhibition, Italy

Frechen International Print Biennial, Germany

Shun –yo - Kai; Tokyo – Prize winner

Republic of China Print Exhibit--Gold Medal

Original Colored Graphic Print Triennial, Switzerland--Grand Prize

Art Institute of Cleveland

CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo--Art Grant winner

Ibiza Biennial, Spain--Grand Prize…..

 Art Institute of Chicago.  “ The Mezzotints of Hamanishi Katsunori”  Gallery 107.

 “Over a long and distinguished career, Hamanishi Katsunori has focused on the production of mezzotint prints, perhaps the most demanding of all print techniques. Mezzotints are known for a dark and atmospheric appearance. This is due to the fact that the starting point for any mezzotint is the creation of a roughened surface, which produces a solid black background when printed. To draw the image, the artist employs a series of burnishers and scrapers, with the deepest gouges printing as white areas on the finished print.”