Shiro Ikegawa papers
name: label: Creator
content: Ikegawa, Shiro, 1933-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- California
label: Topic
content: Asian American art
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content: Asian American artists
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content: Japanese American art
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content: Japanese American artists
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content: Asian American printmakers
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content: Asian American performance artists
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content: Asian American painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2002 by Shiro Ikegawa.
creator: label: Creator
content: Ikegawa, Shiro, 1933-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, graphic artist, performance artist, and art instructor based in Altadena, California, Shiro Ikegawa (1933-2009) was born in Tokyo, Japan, and studied at the Tokyo University of Arts. He received his MFA from the Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, in 1961 and has taught at several Southern California institutions including California State University at Los Angeles (1967-1976) and Otis Art Institute (1979-1985). Represented in a vast number of solo and national and international competitive group exhibitions since 1961, he has also received many commissions, one to execute a thirty-two foot etching, Tale of Genji for the Los Angeles Times in 1973.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: [circa 1950-1998]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ikegshir
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters and postcards; printed material, including exhibition catalogs and announcements, newspaper and magazine articles, and magazines; photographs and slides, both personal and of art work; teaching material; medical records; awards and recommendations; and original art work.