Seki (Pile) (Translation)
積 染織綿 粟辻博 昭和63年 (Primary Title)

Awatsuji Hiroshi 粟辻 博, Japanese, 1929–1995 (Designer)
Design House AWA (Manufacturer)

1988
Japanese
Cotton, printed, dyed
Place Made,Japan,Tokyo,
96 5/8 x 55 in. (245.3 x 139.6 cm. cm)
90.191
Not on view
Screen printed on plain weave foundation
Showa period (1926-1989)
Marked twice on left and right borders: "AWATSUJI DESIGN STUDIO"
Gift of Hiroshi Awatsuji
粟辻 博 Awatsuji Hiroshi (1929 - 1995), was a Japanese textile designer. After World War II, he produced numerous innovative designs which inspired the beginning of a new era. His works are characterized by the use of vivid colors and daring compositions which combine Japanese traditional arts and Western textile design.

Born in Kyoto, Awatsuji graduated from the Kyoto City College of Fine Arts in 1950 and established the Awatsuji Design Studio. He received the Mainichi Industrial Design Award in 1971, the Japan Interior Designer's Association Award in 1972, and the Silver Award in Industrial Arts at the Third Textile Triennale in Todz, Poland, in 1978. He received the Gold Prize in 1992 at the 28th ID Annual Design Review (USA), and, shortly before his death in 1995, received the Kitaro Kunii Industrial Design Award.

Bio in Japanese
粟辻 博  Hiroshi Awatsuji

1929 京都府生まれ。
1950 京都市立美術専門学校(現京都芸術大学)卒、 カネボウ入社。
1958 粟辻博デザイン室設立。
1963 (株)フジエテキスタイルのデザインを始める。
1971   毎日産業デザイン賞準賞受賞。
1978 第3回テキスタイルトリエンナーレ展(ポーランド) 銀賞受賞。
1988 デザインスタジオ・アワをオープン。多摩美術大学教授就任。
1990   「粟辻博のテキスタイルデザイン」刊行(講談社)。
1992 I.D.アニュアル・デザインレビュー金賞受賞。

1995 第22回国井喜太郎産業工芸賞受賞。
5月5日 肝不全のため死去。

エウロドムス(伊)、ジャパンスタイル(英)、デザインシンス1945、
80年代のテキスタイル(米)他の出品や国内での展覧会多数。
日本インテリア教会、毎日デザイン、'92年I.D.アニュアルデザインレビュー(米)他で受賞

Li Jian
Dec. 4, 2015
©artist or artist’s estate

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