Summers End TWO-Day Mega Auction- Part 1
Lot 209065:
Description
Ikki Matsumoto (Japanese-American, 1935-current) “Brown Pelican” limited edition serigraph print. 32/750. he serigraph depicts a pelican with stylized water, in a palette of soft gray-greens, gray, golden yellow, black and terra cotta. It is hand-signed in pencil to the lower right, “Ikki Matsumoto 40/750”, along with a red artist’s stamp. 1985 Ikki was one of 50 artist chosen by first lady Nancy Reagan to paint an Easter Egg. It is now in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Museum. The C&S National Bank on Sanibel commissioned 30 original paintings which are on public display throughout their building. Its is the largest corporate collection of Ikki’s work.In 1990 one of Japan’s national television networks featured Ikki and his family in a 30 minute documentary. The program was one in a series which portrayed Japanese persons living successfully abroad with no business ties to large Japanese Corporations. Ikki and Polly closed their gallery on Sanibel in ’97 so they could devote more time and energy to painting and weaving. In 2002 they returned to the island and reopened their gallery in the Village Shops where Ikki produced posters for the Island Reporter and the Rotary Club’s Annual Craft Fair as well as the cover design of the Ft. Myers Chamber of Commerce Magazine. On December 31, 2013 Ikki passed away just one day before his 79th birthday.
Size: 27 X 39″
Condition: Very fine.
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