Rick Bartow, Hyaku Monogatari IV
Rick Bartow
1946-2016
Wiyot/Yurok
Date
1997
Medium Specific
Lithograph and mixed media
Classification
Print
Dimensions
12 x 14 in. (30.5 x 35.6 cm)
Accession Number
2016.20.20.337
Credit
Gift of The Richard E. Bartow Estate and Froelick Gallery
Memo / Artist Statement
One Hundred Ghost Stories (百物語, Hyaku Monogatari) is a series of ukiyo-e woodblock prints made by Katsushika Hokusai in the Yūrei-zu genre in c. 1830. There are only five prints in this series, though as its title suggests, the publisher, Tsuruya Kiemon, and Hokusai wanted to make a series of one hundred prints.
Hokusai was in his seventies when he worked on this series, and though his most famous impressions are of nature, he was aware of the beliefs of the Edo period and depicts ghosts from well-known stories, many of which were also famous kabuki plays. Each print represents one story, that could be recited during the game of Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai.
Bartow wrote in German "Der Hundrt Geschicte Dare Geist Nach Zen Hokusai L-itsu"
(https://froelickgallery.com)
Hokusai was in his seventies when he worked on this series, and though his most famous impressions are of nature, he was aware of the beliefs of the Edo period and depicts ghosts from well-known stories, many of which were also famous kabuki plays. Each print represents one story, that could be recited during the game of Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai.
Bartow wrote in German "Der Hundrt Geschicte Dare Geist Nach Zen Hokusai L-itsu"
(https://froelickgallery.com)
Biography
Personal experiences, cultural engagement and global myths, especially Native American transformation stories, are the heart of Mr. Bartow's art. Animals and self-portraits populate his iconography, and he is known for astute interpretations of literary, musical and visual sources. Born in Newport, Oregon, in 1946, Rick Bartow is a member of the Wiyot tribe of Northern California.
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