© Tetsumi Kudo/Bildupphovsrätt 2026
Titel saknas
by Tetsumi Kudo
Artist
Tetsumi Kudo
(Japan, 1935 - 1990)
Date1970
MediumPaper
DimensionsOmslag (bok stängd): 21,1 × 21 × 4,3 cm
Omslag (bok öppen): 21,2 × 47,5 cm
Classification
Countries
Credit LineDonation 2005 från Pontus Hultén
On view
StockholmRoomGallery 01:4
Object NumberMOM/2005/832
CollectionsThe Pontus Hultén Collection
About the artworkThe Japanese, avant-garde artist Tetsumi Kudo is most often associated with sculptures and installations that are charged with political undertones. They often contain genitalia and mutilated body parts, but this untitled artist’s book seems to be different. The book contains texts in Japanese, French and English and is designed like a peephole book, with cut-out holes that get larger and larger page by page. A nose, two severed fingers holding a burning cigarette and another finger gradually emerge from the holes. The book is reminiscent of Kudo’s Portrait of the Artist in Crisis series, which featured male faces moulded in plastic, often smoking and trapped in meaningless, dull pursuits.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks
Signerad och daterad på femte bladet i boken: "Tetsumi KUDO / 7.12. 1976. Paris"., Påskrift på femte bladet i boken: "For Mr. Pontus Hultén".
Selected exhibition history
Den underjordiska himlen. Surrealism i Moderna Museets samling (den 26 oktober 2024 - den 17 januari 2027)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm