Rakuko Naito papers
name: label: Creator
content: Naito, Rakuko, 1935-
label: Names
content: Denise Cadé Gallery
label: Names
content: Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
label: Names
content: Kuwayama, Tadaaki, 1932-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Asian American artists
label: Topic
content: Women artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Rakuko Naito papers were donated in 2024 by Rakuko Naito.
creator: label: Creator
content: Naito, Rakuko, 1935-
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content: Rakuko Naito papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of artist Rakuko Naito measure 1.0 linear feet and date from 1959 to 2023. The collection documents Naito's career as a painter and sculptor based in New York City. The bulk of the collection consists of gallery files that include correspondence, inventories, consignment and sales records, price lists, shipping and receiving records, and printed materials. Notable files are for the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation regarding Naito's residency, the Denise Cade Gallery, Renate Bender Gallery in Munich, and files for exhibitions in Japan, The Optical Edge (2007) at the Pratt Institute, and a few other exhibitions. Also found in the collection are catalogs and announcements for Naito's exhibitions and group shows, photographs of her artwork and exhibition openings, and correspondence that includes a letter regarding the Yasuo Kuniyoshi Memorial Scholarship.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Rakuko Naito (1935- ) is an artist in New York. Naito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1935. She studied traditional Japanese painting at the Tokyo National University of Art and graduated in 1958. In the same year she moved to New York with her husband, artist Tadaaki Kuwayama. Although Naito's career has shifted from op art, abstraction, and minimalism, a through-line of her work is an attention to flatness, color, seriality, and form. Her work has been exhibited throughout the U.S., Japan, Korea, Italy, France, and Germany. In 2003, she was an artist in Residence at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1959-2023
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.naitraku
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Sarah Mundy in 2024.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of artist Rakuko Naito measure 1.0 linear feet and date from 1959 to 2023. The collection documents Naito's career as a painter and sculptor based in New York City. The bulk of the collection consists of gallery files that include correspondence, inventories, consignment and sales records, price lists, shipping and receiving records, and printed materials. Notable files are for the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation regarding Naito's residency, the Denise Cade Gallery, Renate Bender Gallery in Munich, and files for exhibitions in Japan, The Optical Edge (2007) at the Pratt Institute, and a few other exhibitions. Also found in the collection are catalogs and announcements for Naito's exhibitions and group shows, photographs of her artwork and exhibition openings, and correspondence that includes a letter regarding the Yasuo Kuniyoshi Memorial Scholarship.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art are the papers of Naito's husband, Tadaaki Kuwayama.