News Release
ATZ201202-E_E

December 2, 2020
Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation

Steps Ahead: Recent Acquisitions
February 13 (Saturday) ‒ May 9 (Sunday), 2021

Elaine de Kooning, Untitled (Bullfight), 1959

©Elaine de Kooning Trust

The Artizon Museum of the Ishibashi Foundation (Director: Ishibashi Hiroshi) is delighted toannounce its upcoming exhibition, Steps Ahead: Recent Acquisitions.
Steps Ahead introduces the Artizon Museum s latest additions to the collection. In recentyears, the Ishibashi Foundation has worked to develop its core collection of Impressionist andmodern Japanese paintings more fully while expanding the collection s breadth to include
works from the early twentieth century to contemporary art especially Abstract paintings, andearly modern Japanese art. Since opening, we have been gradually introducing our newacquisitions, but others remain yet to be displayed: works by the Cubist painters, drawings byHenri Matisse, From or by Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy [Box in a Valise] by Marcel
Duchamp, women Abstract Expressionists, Takiguchi Shūzō and Experimental Workshop,
contemporary Australian paintings, and much more. This exhibition of about 250 works,
including 120 new acquisitions, provides a view of the Artizon Museum s continuing
progress in expanding the horizons of its collection.
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Exhibition Highlights■Artizon Museums new acquisitions displayed comprehensively

This exhibition presents, in one setting, about 120 works from among our new acquisitions.
In recent years, the museum has focused both on building a fuller collection of modern
Japanese and Western paintings and expanding the collection s scope to include twentiethcentury art, particularly abstract paintings, contemporary art from the postwar period on, andportrait photographs of artists. Experience the collection as it stands now, on its continuing
journey to develop further with the opening of our new museum.

■Key Points
1. Cubist Painters
We have acquired works by Cubist painters, figures in the most important movement in theearly twentieth century, which led to the genesis of Abstract art. This exhibition includes
works by Picasso, Braque, and other artists, plus the newly acquired Jean Metzinger s Still
Life on a Pedestal Table (1916) and Albert Gleizes s Woman with a Glove (ca. 1922).

2. Postwar Painting and Sculpture
We have enhanced our collection of paintings and three-dimensional works
created after World War II in Japan, Europe, and the United States. The works
on display include Alexander Calder s Monocle (1947), Marcel Duchamp s
From or by Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy [Box in a Valise], (1952) , andOnosato Toshinobu s Vermillion Circle (1959), and David Smith s August
Raven (1960).

Onosato Toshinobu, Vermillion Circle, 1959

3. Women Abstract Expressionists
Abstract Expressionism, which developedin New York after World War II, is an
American avant-garde movement withinternational impact. While JacksonPollock and Willem de Kooning are wellknown figures, women artists also madeLee Krasner, Moontide, 1961
major contributions. This section
York /JASPAR, Tokyo C3379
introduces work by Lee Krasner, Elaine deKooning, Helen Frankenthaler, and Joan Mitchell.

©2020 Lee Krasner /ARS, New

4. Contemporary Australian Paintings
The Ishibashi Foundation, in expanding its collection, has taken note of contemporary
Australian art in recent years. Here we introduce representative Aboriginal Art by Australian
Aboriginal artists such as, Nonggirrnga Marawili, George Ward Tjungurrayi, and Ginger Riley
Munduwalawala.

5. Portrait Photographs of Artists
The collection includes about 700 vintage portrait photographs of artists inFrance in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. We have also acquired
206 works by Anzai Shigeo, who photographed the contemporary art scene,in Japan and abroad, from 1970 on, and 236 works by Tom Haar, whocaptured portraits of Japanese artists working in New York in the 1970s. Thissection presents a selection of those works.

Photographer Unknown,
Portrait of Henri Matisse (Fromthe Collection of Portrait
Photographs of Artists)

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Exhibition Contents
New acquisitions are the focus of this exhibition of works from the Ishibashi
Foundation collection, presented in the following sections:・Fujishima Takeji, Orientalism and Masterpieces from the Collection
・Cubism・Kandinsky and Klee
・Tanaka Shintaro and Kuramata Shiro・Women Abstract Expressionists
・Takiguchi Shūzō and Experimental Workshop
・French Abstract Art after 1945
・Marcel Duchamp and New York DADA・GUTAI s Paintings
・Australian Art: Contemporary Aboriginal Art
・Japanese Abstract Paintings
・Henri Matisse s Drawings
・Collection of Portrait Photographs of Artists

Exhibition Overview
Exhibition title:

Steps Ahead: Recent Acquisitions

Organizer:

Artizon Museum, Ishibashi FoundationVenue:

6, 5, 4F Galleries

Exhibition period:

February 13 (Saturday) to May9 (Sunday), 2021

Opening hours:

10:00 ‒ 18:00 (Evening hours, with the museum open until 20:00
on Fridays, have been suspended until further notice. For the latest
information, please check our website.)* Last admission 30 minutes before closing.

Closed:Mondays (except May 3)

Admission (tax included): Online reservation starts from December 13 (Sunday)
Online ticket: 1,200 Yen
Same day ticket (on sale at museum): 1,500 Yen
Students free entry (Advance online booking required.)*Same day tickets on sale at museum are only for time slots thathave not reached full capacity.
*Advance booking is not required children up to junior high school.
*With your own smartphones and earphones, enjoy the free audio
guide by simply downloading the app.
Curators:

Shimbata Yasuhide, Shimamoto Hideaki, Ueda Anna (ArtizonMuseum, Ishibashi Foundation)

Artizon Museum
1-7-2 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0031, Japan
Tel. Domestic: 050-5541-8600 International: 047-316-2772 (Hello Dial)
www.artizon.museum

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Images for Press use* Please include image credits as provided below.
* Do not trim images or overlay them with text.

■Please request the images to our public relations office.
① Elaine de Kooning, Untitled (Bullfight), 1959 ©Elaine de Kooning Trust② Motonaga Sadamasa, Untitled, 1965 ©Motonaga Archive Research Institution Ltd.
③ Fujishima Takeji, Orientalism, 1924
④ Henri Matisse, Jacquy, 1947
⑤ Jean Metzinger, Still Life on a Pedestal Table, 1916
* Works ① and ② are still under copyright, but we have received permission to use them inpublicizing this exhibition. In addition to the name of the artist and the title of the work, youmust include the copyright statement.

①Elain de Kooning, Untitled (Bullfight), 1959
©Elaine de Kooning Trust③ Fujishima Takeji, Orientalism,1924② Motonaga Sadamasa, Untitled, 1965
© Motonaga Archive Research Institution Ltd.

④ Henri Matisse, Jacquy, 1947

⑤ Jean Metzinger, Still Life on a Pedestal Table, 1916

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■Please confirm the conditions stated below concerning works ⑥, ⑦, and ⑧,
which are still under copyright.
⑥ Marcel Duchamp, From or by Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy [Box in a Valise], Series
B, 1952, 1946（pencil drawing）*We will issue the copyright statement for use in the media later.

⑦ Joan Miró, Painting, 1952
* We will issue the copyright statement for use in the media later.

⑥ Marcel Duchamp, From or by Marcel⑦ Joan Miró, Painting, 1952 ©Successió Miró / ADAGP, Paris & JASPAR,

Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy [Box in a Valise],
Series B, 1952, 1946（pencil drawing）

Tokyo, 2020 C3379© Association Marcel Duchamp / ADAGP,
Paris & JASPAR, Tokyo, 2020 C3379⑧ The following conditions also apply to use of Lee Krasner s Moontide, 1961 (p. 2):* We will issue the copyright statement for use in the media later.

Conditions for use*We will lend the image for use in newspapers and magazines, to publicize this exhibition, if
the image as published will be within 50 cm2 in size (with no trimming or overlaid text) andthe accompanying text within 250 words (in case of Japanese). To borrow the image, pleasecontact our public relations office.
*For use in other media, including on the web, please consult our public relations office.

For inquiries about this press release:
Artizon Museum Steps Ahead PR Office (within OHANA, Inc.)
Contacts: Takahashi, Hosokawa, Senō
Tel.: 03-6869-7881 Fax: 03-6869-7801 E-mail: artizon-pr@ohanapr.co.jp
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For inquiries about the Artizon Museum,
Ishibashi Foundation:
Artizon Museum Public Relations Department
E-mail: publicity@artizon.jp
1-7-2 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0031

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