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Japanese Meisen kimono 1910 - 1955

"Modernism from figurativ to abstraction"

The transformation of the simple lines and forms with the colour combinations bright and vibrant from the mundane to the magnificent, was an echo from the sound of the Jazz age.

While some of the geometric and abstract patterns of Meisen are straightforward, others are far more complex, reflecting the art of painters such as eg. Mondrian, Klee, Mirò ......Art to wear