Art Archive
Mixed media on paper (byobu). 22″ x 30″. Collection of Gail and John Enns. This was the first folding screen I made. I was assisted in learning this art form by Mary Amt, Special Assistant to The Director at the Smithsonian Freer Gallery. We watched a film of hiogushi (conservators) rebuilding a byobu at The […]
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Pulp painting. 22″ x 30″. I was always fascinated by Mobius Strips and Klein Bottles because of their magic. Topology was a kind of childhood hobby. In the 60s while teaching I would sometimes entertain my students by demonstrating a topological puzzle whereby I would put on a vest followed by a sports coat. Then […]
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Watercolor and newspaper collage on paper. 41″ x 29 1/4″. Unknown collector.
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Egg tempera on byobu (screen). 12″ x 38″.
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Oil and gilding on 6-panel byobu (folding screen). 18 1/2 ” x 85 1/2 “.
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Oil and gilding on canvas. 82″ x 73″. Collection of Heidi Nakashima.
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Oil and gilding on canvas. 88″ x 72″
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Oil and gilding on canvas. 72″ X 58″. Collection of Heidi Nakashima.
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Oil on byobu (Japanese folding screen) 16″ x 56″. Done while resident @ The Millay Colony, Austerlitz, New York.
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Tom Nakashima 