Netsuke: Karako with a toy on a stick

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Netsuke: Karako with a toy on a stick

Artist Kikugawa

Place of OriginJapan

Datemid 19th century

Mediumivory with coral

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman

Object number

2013.64

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DescriptionManju of Karako doing bekka (moving eyelid) with a toy on a stick. Back: hobby horse.

Label TextArt work that is completely abstract—free from any expression of the environment—is like music and can be responded to in the same way. Agnes Martin sought to create works whittled down to their most reductive elements. Her works often feature an emphasis on line, grids, and subtle color fields. She said, “When I first made a grid, I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind, and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do; and so I painted it, and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.” Martin considered herself an Abstract Expressionist, and as such attempted to convey attitudes and emotions through her choice of colors and techniques. She often engaged with nature in her art, using abstraction to express her emotional response to the natural world.