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Morning Glories

Suzuki Kiitsu 鈴木其一

Color painting formed from a pair of screens arranged horizontally side-by-side, each with six, narrow vertical panels, of large, dark blue flowers with white centers, surrounded by trailing green leaves of a trifoliate shape, against a solid gold background. — Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper; 70 3/16 × 12 ft 5 1/2 in (each). Public Domain

Artist
Suzuki Kiitsu

Subject Area
Plants

Artistic Techniques
Gold, Gold Leaf

More about this art at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

Video

The Art of Suzuki Kiitsu

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Thumbnail of Morning Glories, PDF — Morning Glories

Reading

Thumbnail of Yukio Lippit on Folding Screens and Gold Leaf, PDF — Yukio Lippit on Folding Screens and Gold Leaf

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