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Marie Laurencin × Yumeji Takehisa, girls' dreams are avant-garde


March 20 [Sat] - May 16 [Sun] 2021



Yumeji Takehisa, Pleasure in a Spring Night,  Kenzo Matsumura Collection

Yumeji Takehisa held sway for his paintings of dreamy girl during the Taisho era. Marie Laurencin drew elegant female figures in pastel colors in Paris around 1920s. The works of both look colorful and delicate to our eyes, however, they were a kind of avant-garde art at their time. Marie Laurencin shows mild color palettes but introduced together with the works of Fauvisme and Expressionism in Japan. TAKEHISA Yumeji was also under the influence of the German avant-garde. The exhibition will explore the relationship between the early 20th century avant-garde art and the works of Yumeji and Laurencin. You may find the works that challenges against the movement of the societies and art circles during the World War.




Marie Laurencin, Three Young Women, 1953
Marie Laurencin Museum

Marie Laurencin, Life at a Palace, 1925
Marie Laurencin Museum

Yumeji Takehisa, Woman playing the Shamisen, 
Kenzo Matsumura Collection

Yumeji Takehisa, Around these Nights, Early Showa era
Takehisa Yumeji Museum
Exhibition Marie Laurencin × Yumeji Takehisa, girls' dreams are avant-garde
Date March 20 [Sat] - May 16 [Sun] 2021
Place Kasama Nichido Museum of Art
Hours 9:30-17:00 Tuesday-Sunday
Closed Mondays (Exceptionally, the museum will be open on January 11, instead the following day will be closed; January 12, 2021)
Admissions Adults 1000 yen/ Seniors 65+ 800 yen Collage/ High School Students 700 yen Junior High School/ Elementary School Students Free
(200 yen discount for each visitor in a group more than 20 people, 50% discount for the handicapped ID holders and their companion.)

Special Event

Gallery Talks in Japanese
March 20 [Sat], April 10 [Sat], May 15 [Sat]
14:00- (around 30 minutes for each session)
At the Special Exhibition Halls.


For further enquiry about the exhibition, feel free to contact us. Kasama Nichido Museum of Art
Ibaraki, Kasama-city, Kasama 978-4
309-1611
TEL: (+81) 0296 (72) 2160 FAX: (+81) 0296 (72) 5655
E-mail: k-museum [at] nichido-museum.or.jp