Ikeda, Masua

(2/23/1934 Mukden, Manchuria-3/8/1997) (Japan)

   Painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and film director. Graduate of the art school in Nagano.

   Reproductions: Husband of the painter; 1978; water-color; Smith, 1980: p. 45 . [Nude woman], from Mixed Fruit series; 1976-1977; Smith, 1980: p. 44 [C].

   Source: D. Rush, "Masuo Ikeda's eroticism," Artweek 7, 8 (February 21, 1976): p. 6; Shuntaro Tanigawa, ["Venus plan: Masuo Ikeda's 'Venus'"; in Japanese], Mizue 849 (December 1975): pp. 32-41; Benezit, vol. 7: p. 527.