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About the Item
This exquisite lithograph by Akira Kito (1909–1995), titled Enfant (Child), from the album Prints from the Mourlot Press, exhibition sponsored by the French Embassy, circulated by the Traveling Exhibition Service of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution 1964–1965, originates from the 1964 edition published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, in collaboration with the Embassy of France, Washington, D.C., and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, October 27, 1964. This lyrical composition embodies Kito’s synthesis of Eastern harmony and Western abstraction, uniting the meditative calm of Japanese aesthetics with the expressive vitality of modern color and gesture. His fluid forms and subtle tonal transitions evoke a sense of innocence, rhythm, and spiritual stillness that transcends cultural boundaries.
Executed as a lithograph on velin d'Arches paper, this work measures 10 x 7.5 inches. Signed in the plate and unnumbered as issued. The edition exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of Mourlot Freres and highlights Kito’s mastery of modern abstraction infused with Eastern sensibility.
Artwork Details:
Artist: Akira Kito (1909–1995)
Title: Enfant (Child), from the album Prints from the Mourlot Press
Medium: Lithograph on velin d'Arches paper
Dimensions: 10 x 7.5 inches (25.4 x 19.05 cm)
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered as issued
Date: 1964
Publisher: Fernand Mourlot, Paris, in collaboration with the Embassy of France, Washington, D.C., and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris
Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium
Provenance: From the album Prints from the Mourlot Press, published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, 1964
Notes:
Excerpted from the album, This exhibition is a manifestation of Franco-American friendship and we would be very happy if it is of interest to all those who visit it. I wish to thank Mrs. Annemarie Pope for proposing and organizing this exhibition of the work of the artists who have used our press. We are honored that Mr. Herve Alphand, Ambassador of France to the United States, and Mr. Edouard Morot-Sir, Cultural Counsellor at the French Embassy in New York, will sponsor this exhibition. I express to them my thanks and appreciation. As for the artists themselves, who executed the originals contained in this catalogue, I can only say simply, "Thank you." They are all friends. We would have liked to include not just the twenty-four illustrations in this small book, but many more. During the year 1963, we lost three great artists who were faithful friends of our press. Thanks to Mrs. Georges Braque, Mr. Louis Carre, and Mr. Edouard Dermit, who have been able to pay our respects to Georges Braque, Jacques Villon and Jean Cocteau. The great Henri Matisse is also with us, since Mrs. Du-thuit-Matisse and her brothers have allowed us to use an unpublished original lithograph. Thanks to them all for their generosity. —Fernand Mourlot. The lithography at Mourlot printing press by Jean Adhemar, Curator of prints at the Bibliotheque nationale. Acknowledgments, Fernand Mourlot has long been the acknowledged master printer of France in every field, from lithographs to fine books to posters. The unfailing quality of his work commands the respect of museums, collectors, and most important of all, the artists themselves. Every product of his workshop bears the mark of Mourlot's discipline and craft and can truly be called an ideal collaboration between artist and artisan. The result of years of thoughtful planning, this special exhibition presents an accurate portrait of the Mourlot Press. We are greatly indebted to Fernand Mourlot, who made the selection, supervised the production of the catalogue, and gave endless time and energy to the details of preparation. This album was finished in Paris on 27th October 1964. The original lithographs and the reproductions were printed on the presses of Mourlot. The Imprimerie Nationale, Director Andre Brignole, was responsible for the typography. The edition has been limited to MM examples on Velin d'Arches and CC on Velin de Rives, reserved for the artists, the staff and the friends of the Imprimerie Mourlot.
About the Publication:
Prints from the Mourlot Press, published in Paris by Fernand Mourlot in 1964 in collaboration with the Embassy of France and the Smithsonian Institution, celebrated the profound artistic partnerships that defined 20th-century printmaking. The portfolio accompanied a traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian’s National Collection of Fine Arts and presented at major institutions across the United States between 1964 and 1965. Containing twenty-four original lithographs by leading modern artists—including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Alexander Calder, Fernand Leger, Akira Kito, and Jean Cocteau—the publication chronicled the collaborative artistry of Mourlot Freres, whose Paris workshop elevated lithography to a fine art. Each plate demonstrated the mastery of color, composition, and craftsmanship that defined postwar printmaking, while the edition itself stood as a symbol of Franco-American cultural exchange.
About the Artist:
Akira Kito (1909–1995) was a pioneering Japanese painter and printmaker whose lyrical abstractions bridged the meditative discipline of Eastern aesthetics with the expressive energy of Western modernism, establishing him as one of Japan’s most significant postwar artists. Born in Nagoya, Kito studied both Nihonga and Western-style painting before developing a signature style that united the calm precision of calligraphic form with the liberated movement of color and light. Profoundly influenced by the groundbreaking innovations of Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, he absorbed elements of Cubism, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism while preserving the Zen-inspired principles of harmony, rhythm, and void. His paintings and prints—distinguished by organic shapes, fluid gestures, and luminous palettes—reflect a poetic balance between stillness and motion, order and intuition. Exhibiting widely in Japan, Europe, and the United States during the 1950s and 1960s, Kito achieved international recognition for his ability to merge the metaphysical sensitivity of Japanese art with the universal language of abstraction. His compositions, often described as “visual haiku,” convey a quiet spiritual energy that resonated with both Eastern and Western audiences, influencing later generations of artists associated with the Gutai and Mono-ha movements as well as modern painters exploring cross-cultural abstraction. Critics compared his atmospheric works to those of Miro and Kandinsky for their lyrical freedom and sense of cosmic unity, while his mastery of light and form placed him in dialogue with Duchamp and Calder’s explorations of movement and perception. Today, Kito’s art endures as a timeless meditation on the harmony between nature, emotion, and form, standing alongside the great innovators of twentieth-century modernism—Picasso, Giacometti, Dali, Miro, and Man Ray—in its pursuit of universal beauty through abstraction. The highest auction record for Akira Kito was achieved with Composition Abstraite, which sold for 18,000 USD at Mainichi Auction, Tokyo, on October 21, 2021, reaffirming his lasting influence and importance within the global canon of modern art.
Akira Kito Enfant Child Prints from the Mourlot Press Fernand Mourlot Paris 1964 lithograph Modernism Abstraction.
- Creator:Akira Kito (1925 - 1994, Japanese)
- Creation Year:1964
- Dimensions:Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)Width: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Southampton, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1465216976612
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