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FROM THE ANKARCRONA COLLECTION OF JAPANESE LACQUER AND ASIAN WORKS OF ART
13 SHINODA TOKO (B.1913)

Sonority, 1988

Signed Toand Toko Shinoda
Sumi-ink and silver paint on platinum leaf,
framed
35¬ x 23æ in. (90.5 x 60.3 cm.)

$30,000-40,000

PROVENANCE:
Annely Juda Fine Art, London

Shinoda Toko is a leading figure in Japanese Abstract uses to achieve spatial balance and demonstrates
art, who is famous for her blend of traditional calligraphy the tension between existing elements. She employs
and abstract art. Shinoda was encouraged to study traditional techniques and transforms them into modern
calligraphy in her younger days, as such profession was abstractionism language.
one of the few kinds that Japanese women would be
The result of her Eastern-Western merge was successful.
respected at the time. However, her rebellious mind
Shinoda was once represented by the legendary dealer
distracted her from going onto the conventional path –
Betty Parsons when she landed in New York in 1956.
she sought for a nontraditional yet tangible expression to
The universal artistic language Shinoda creates brought
demonstrate her inner self. Nonetheless, the traditional
her enormous commercial traffic, as well as great
training left strong impact in her artistic language.
academic attention. Toko Shinoda exhibited at various
Shinoda is fascinated with Sumi(India ink), and she
renowned institutions, such as Guggenheim Museum,
masters in employing degrees of blackness. Yohaku
Art Institute of Chicago, Singapore Art Museum and
(empty space) is an Asian rooted idea, which she
The Museum of Modern Art in New York.