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Margot Bittenbender: Printmaker

Momotaro Series

The Momotaro prints are abstractions of
the forms and shapes in Isamu Noguchi's
monumental sculpture of the same name,
located at Storm King Sculpture Center in the Hudson Valley, north of New York City.

He initially carved the stones on a rural Japanese island. When the inhabitants saw the large central stone -- a halved sphere with a hollowed-out center -- they called the rock "Momotaro." Momotaro, in Japanese folk tales, was a small boy much like the American Tom Thumb, but discovered in the pit of a peach.

The soft but strong shapes -- much like the legendary little boy warrior -- intrigued me.

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               Momotaro VII 
                         Intaglio, 18" x 24"
                                                            
                                 

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 Momotaro VIII
  Intaglio, 18" x 24"
      

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                Momotaro VI
                           Intaglio, 18" x 24"
                                 

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 Momotaro I
 Intaglio, 18" x 24"
       

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                      Momotaro 6 panels
                              Intaglio, 10" x 15"
                              

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                                Momotaro Blue
                                             Intaglio w/hand-coloring, ed. 1/1, 26" x 8"
                                                         

 
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Prince Street Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
August 1 - 30

princestreetgallery.com


Also represented in:
silvermineart.org/guild
loftartists.com
@mbittenbender








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