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1981

  • Work on this object began.

1993

  • We acquired this object.

2013

2016

2024

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Poster, Nihon Buyo

This is a Poster. It was made for (as the client) UCLA Asian Performing Arts Institute. It is dated 1981 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is screenprint on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Ikko Tanaka.

  • Photograph
  • chromogenic print.
  • Courtesy of Pat McGrath and Ben Hassett.
  • 1.2016.2
  • Photograph
  • chromogenic print.
  • Courtesy of Pat McGrath and Ben Hassett.
  • 1.2016.1

Its dimensions are

103 x 72.8 cm (40 9/16 x 28 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Imprinted in black ink, upper left: Nihon Buyo / UCLA / Asian Performing Arts / Institute 1981 / Los Angeles / Washington, D.C. / New York; lower right: Design: Ikko Tanaka Printing Contributed by: Toppan Printing Co., LTD. Paper Donated by: Takeo Co., LTD. (DX Diapaque-Mitsubishi Paper Mills, LTD.) / c 1981 University of California, Los Angeles.

Cite this object as

Poster, Nihon Buyo; Client: UCLA Asian Performing Arts Institute; Japan; screenprint on paper; 103 x 72.8 cm (40 9/16 x 28 11/16 in.); Gift of Ikko Tanaka; 1993-55-6

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