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Art History Animalia

For here is an unusual silk garment: Haori with Penguins and Icebreaker Ships, Japan, Shōwa period, 1957-8.
aren’t native to ; This unique design was printed to commemorate Japan's 1st expedition to in 1956-7. Photographed at the Life of Animals in Japanese Art exhibition at the National Gallery of Art D.C. in 2019.

photo of the entire garment mounted on display: silk plain weave, with stencil-printed warp and weft; white with mostly black line designs and some pink and green highlights, pattern of groups of penguins on floating cracked ice with icebreaker ships sailing through
detail of the pattern showing groups of penguins on the ice
Jan 20, 2023, 06:07 PM·Public·Web
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