Phosphorus and Flower

Phosphorus and Flower is an original artwork realized by Kano Mitsuo  in 1959 .

Original etching and aquatint.

Artist proof, " Ep. d'Artiste " handwritten in pencil on the lower left. Hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the lower right.

Kan o Mitsuo  (Tokyo, 1933) is a Japanese engraver and illustrator of the twentieth century. He did not receive any artistic training, but, at a very young age, he was interested in poetry, and particularly in French poetry, such as Lautréamont, Rimbaud and Sade. Working as an assistant to a botanist, he was fascinated by the study of micro-biomorphology and micro-organisms. His talent was detected by the surrealist poet Shuzo Takiguchi. He participated in numerous international collective exhibitions.

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