Author: ISOBE, YUKIHISA (Artist):
Title: [Geta-bako exhibition catalogue] Tokyo, Tokyo Gallery, 1964.
Description: . A "cat-flap" catalogue printed in connection with a geta-bako (shoe cabinet) exhibition of works by Yukihisa Isobe in April 1964 at Tokyo Gallery in Tokyo. One printed card folder containing four loosely laid sheets. One leaf with text and the other three with multiple images. The folder has four panels that open to reveal scenes on the loosely inserted cards. Some light wear to folder and the sheets. Housed in the original paper envelope. Yukihisa Isobe (born in 1935) was a Japanese artist and member of the Demokratic Artists Association which was active from 1951 to 1957. He produced a series of works consisting of repeated emblem motifs, called the wappen (coat of arms) series in the early 1960s. It was followed by a new series called geta-bako (shoe cabinet). Isobe used cabinets with many small doors for "compartments" and filled them with everyday objects. He invited viewers to engage with the work by opening and closing doors and rearranging the objects inside. When all the doors were closed, they revealed another artwork. Rare, well-preserved catalogue. 

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