Katsu Hamanaka Japanese-French , 1895-1982
Tray, 1930
Octagonal Tray executed in black vegetal lacquer w. cubist mosaic of shagreen sheets treated with "samenuri" technique.
Length: 14.9 in.
Width: 11.8 in.
Width: 11.8 in.
one-of-a-kind
signed in Japanese & French "Hamanaka"
Further images
Decisively modern, Katsu Hamanaka’s lacquer work is integral to his notoriety. Initiated into this art by the great master Seizo Sugawara, who also inspired Eileen Gray and Jean Dunand, Hamanaka...
Decisively modern, Katsu Hamanaka’s lacquer work is integral to his notoriety. Initiated into this art by the great master Seizo Sugawara, who also inspired Eileen Gray and Jean Dunand, Hamanaka distinguished himself by wisely implementing the ancestral art of lacquer in his striking abstract compositions. As opposed to Jean Dunand, his work is very rare, disappearing completely in the 1930’s.
Provenance
Kenzo Takada (Fashion designer)
Publications
A variation of the tray appears in Les Echos d’Art n°77, December 1931, p.12.