Striving Forward A 邁進の意気 A

SAKAI Tokio 堺時雄

SAKAI is said to have produced this work as his graduation work for the provisional photography department at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. The existence of that graduation work in the school’s collection has, however, yet to be confirmed. This print was in SAKAI’s own collection. The model is said to have been a fellow student at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. Rather than a realistic depiction of the human figure, Sakai seems to have attempted, though his subject’s robust musculature, to provide visual expression of the spirit of youth boldly striding into the future.

Collection of: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Title: Striving Forward A
Original title: 邁進の意気 A
Artist Name: SAKAI Tokio
Year: 1922
Material / Technique: Gelatin silver print on developing-out paper
Dimensions: 270x225mm
Accession number: 10002443
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