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My Master Kenzan VI

Drawing
1913 (made)
Artist/Maker
Leach, Bernard (artist)
Place of origin
Japan (made)

Portrait of Urano Shigekichi, Kenzan VI. The drawing has been mounted on hand-made paper by the artist.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Portraits
Object type
Drawing
TitleMy Master Kenzan VI (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pencil
Pencil
Paper
Drawing
Brief description
Leach, Bernard, My Master Kenzan VI, 1913, pencil, signed, dated and inscribed with title
Physical description
Portrait of Urano Shigekichi, Kenzan VI. The drawing has been mounted on hand-made paper by the artist.
Dimensions
  • Portrait height: 180mm
  • Portrait width: 136mm
  • Sheet height: 543mm
  • Sheet width: 449mm
Style
20th
Marks and inscriptions
  • BHL 1913

    Note
    Signed and dated (twice)

  • BL

    Note
    Signed on the mount

  • My Master Kenzan VI

    Note
    Inscribed

  • The original drawing

    Note
    Inscribed



  • Note
    Inscribed much later on the mount with the title.

Credit line
Given by the Artist
Object history
Leach met the potter Ogata Kenzan in 1911. In a BBC broadcast talk, London 1959, Leach said..."I was introduced to the 6th Kenzan and he agreed to take me as his pupil. He was a man of kind and honest character - a craftsman working in a tradition 250 years old rather than an artist of originality like the first and most famous Kenzan".
Bibliographic references
  • Carol Hogben The Art of Bernard Leach London, Victoria and Albert Museum: 1978.
  • Concept and Form: Bernard Leach Penzance: Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Headland Printers, 2002. 36p. : ill (chiefly col.)
  • Karen Livingstone and Linda Parry, eds. International Arts and Crafts London: V&A Publications, 2005. 368p. : ill (chiefly col.). ISBN: 1851774467 (hbk)
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1197-1978

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Record createdAugust 22, 2007
Record URL
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