Artists

Takesada Matsutani

b. 1937

Born
1937, Japan
Gender
Male
Studio eras
Years of affiliation (if known)
Studio role
One of the studio’s known helpers
Listed in
  • Moser Appendix (1977)
  • Tate Roster book (1952–88)

Atelier 17 group shows 11

  1. 1968
    S. W. Hayter and Atelier 17 Intaglio Prints [S. W. ヘイターとアトリエ17銅版画展]

    Azuma Gallery [アヅマギャラリー], Kyoto, Japan · January 23 to February 4, 1968

    Notes and sources

    Second Atelier 17 show at the Azuma Gallery, described in the press as the second showing "since the autumn before last." Hung in two halves (first half January 22–28).

    About the exhibiting artists

    Six artists named in the Yūkan Kyōto review; full list unknown. The review wrongly describes Krishna Reddy as a woman.

    Sources

    Shinobu Sakagami, "Azuma gyararī" [Azuma Gallery], Garō shi [Gallery history]. https://shinobusakagami.com/gallery-history/アヅマギャラリー/1323/.

    Kyōto shinbun, January 20, 1968; "Sensai na sen no utsukushisa: Nihon no sakka mo kosei dasu" [Beauty of delicate lines: Japanese artists show individuality too], Yūkan Kyōto, February 2, 1968.

  2. 1968
    Atelier 17, Paris

    Galerie 14, Aarhus, Denmark · August 23 to September 4, 1968

    Notes and sources

    No year is given on the exhibition pamphlet. 1968 is an estimate based on matching possible calendar years to the weekdays given on the pamphlet, the roster of exhibitors, and the dates of their prints.

    About the exhibiting artists

    "C. van Huiten" in the pamphlet is identified as Katrine Van Houten.

    Sources

    Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/192/1.

  3. 1968
    Atelier 17 & S. W. Hayter

    Antalya Güzel Sanatlar Galerisinde, Antalya, Turkey · September 25 to October 10, 1968

    Traveled to

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/54/1.

  4. 1969
    Hayter and Atelier 17 Prints [ヘイターとアトリエ17版画展]

    Azuma Gallery [アヅマギャラリー], Kyoto, Japan · January 27 to February 9, 1969

    Notes and sources

    Third Atelier 17 show at the Azuma Gallery, per the gallery newsletter (Azuma Gyararī, no. 2, February 1, 1969), which says Azuma was the only gallery in Japan with such an exchange. Ten artists, three prints each, rehung after the first week (January 27–February 2; February 3–9). The gallery closed April 6, 1969. This information updates entry in Black/Moorhead chronology which listed "Azuma Gallery, Osaka, 1969"; the gallery was in Kyoto.

    About the exhibiting artists

    Ten artists per Yūkan Kyōto review; eight named, of whom one is not yet identified. Names as printed: ヘイター (Hayter); クリシナ・レディ = Krishna Reddy; オヘニア・テレッツ, "Ohenia Terettsu" (Chile) = Eugenio Téllez; ヘクター・サウニエル (Argentina) = Hector Saunier; 松谷武判 = Takesada Matsutani; 吉田堅治 = Kenji Yoshida (printed 吉田賢治 in Kyōto shinbun, Jan. 31, 1969); 一瀬昌子 = Masako Ichinose. A further artist, printed ジェーロジ ("Jēroji"), is not yet identified.

    Sources

    Shinobu Sakagami, "Azuma gyararī" [Azuma Gallery], Garō shi [Gallery history]. https://shinobusakagami.com/gallery-history/アヅマギャラリー/1323/.

    Kyōto shinbun, January 24 and 31, 1969; "Tsutawaru atarashii ugoki: Heitā no sakuhin" [New currents conveyed: Hayter's work], Yūkan Kyōto, January 31, 1969 (dated 1968 on Sakagami's site, but the dates and contents match the 1969 show).

  5. 1969
    Exposition Atelier “17” S .W. Hayter

    Cyrk Galleries, Providence, Rhode Island · February 15 to March 15, 1969

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Exhibition poster, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/204/1. Year of exhibition is based on Black/Moorhead chronology.

  6. 1969
    Atelier 17 [אטליה 17]

    The Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Israel · December 1969

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Atelier 17 [אטליה 17]: An Exhibition of Works by Twenty Five Artists Members of Atelier 17, Paris. Haifa: Museum of Modern Art, 1969.

  7. 1969
    Atelier 17

    Sala de Santa Catalina del Ateneo, Madrid, Spain · December 1969

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Mariano Rubio, Atelier 17, Cuadernos de Arte, Colección Ordinaria 277 (Madrid: Publicaciones Españolas, 1969), exh. cat., Sala de Santa Catalina del Ateneo de Madrid, December 1969.

  8. 1970
    Expone el Maestro Stanley W. Hayter y Artistas Que Frecuentan su Atelier 17 en Paris

    Museo de Grabado, Buenos Aires, Argentina · July 1 to August 29, 1970

    Traveled to

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/72/1.

  9. 1973
    Atelier 17 Prints

    Newcastle City Art Gallery, Newcastle, Australia · May 16 to June 11, 1973

    Traveled to

    Notes and sources

    About the exhibiting artists

    "Mariana Berela (Colombia)" in the catalogue is Mariana Varela. "Ben (Israel)" is linked to the Atelier 17 member recorded only as "Ben," about whom nothing more is yet known.

    Sources

    Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/84/1.

  10. 1978
    Atelier 17

    Visual Arts Gallery, Department of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia · October 9 to October 27, 1978

    Notes and sources

    About the exhibiting artists

    The artists linked are those whose prints are illustrated in the catalogue (nos. 12, 16, and 17). There are likely other exhibitors, but no checklist is yet known.

    Sources

    Exhibition pamphlet, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/187/1.

  11. 1981
    Atelier 17: New Directions

    Cedar Rapids Art Association, Cedar Rapids, Iowa · October 18, 1981 to January 24, 1982

    Traveled to

    Notes and sources

    The Cedar Rapids Art Association, this show’s organizing institution, became the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art in 1989. The show traveled to twelve subsequent venues through 1983. Thank you to Katherine Kunau, Associate Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at CRMA, for her help documenting the show.

    Sources

    Exhibition catalogue, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/115/1.

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