Nostalgia 7, c. 1970s by Amano Kunihiro

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A largely self-taught artist, Amano first exhibited his work in 1951 and his work would later appear in numerous international exhibitions. His prints range from the representational to the abstract and he is best known for his abstract and semi-abstract works, such as Nostalgia 7. At least 20 of the artist's prints carry the word "Nostalgia" in their title followed by their number (likely chronological) in the series, although, as seen below, the visual connections to the title might change over time. In the words of Gaston Petit, a great fan and promoter of post-war avant-garde woodblock print artists in Japan, "Amano works in a series, though not in the sense of repeating the same image in a loosely related manner . . . but in a more systematic permutational sense."[1]

[1] 44 Modern Japanese Print Artists, Gaston Petit, Kodansha, 1973, p. 56. 

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