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Brayer, Sarah

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Born 1957. Sarah Brayer is an American artist who works in both Japan and the United States. She is internationally known for her poured washi paperworks, aquatint and woodblock prints. Arriving in Kyoto in 1980, Brayer studied etching with Yoshiko Fukuda and Japanese woodblock printing with Tōshi Yoshida (1911-1996) the son of influential woodblock artist Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950).  In 2013 Japan's Ministry of Culture awarded Sarah its Bunkacho Chokan Hyosho ("Commissioner of Culture Award") for dissemination of Japanese culture abroad through her creations in Echizen washi. Sarah’s works are in the collections of the British Museum, the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery, and the American Embassy in Tokyo and the Zimmerli Art Museum, among others. Kathy has collaborated with Sarah as a master printer since 1982, both in New York and in Japan.

Soft Steps, 1982

Soft Steps, 1982

Etching with mica snow I: 18.5" x 9.5" P: 22.5" x 12.75"

Snow Gust, 1983

Snow Gust, 1983

Aquatint, soft ground I: 19.5" x 8" P: 23" x 12"

Be Bop Huddle Hop, 1984

Be Bop Huddle Hop, 1984

Water based woodcut I: 22" x 17" P: 25.5" 19.75"

Bobby Sox Stop, 1984

Bobby Sox Stop, 1984

Lithograph I: 12.75" x 19.25" P: 16" x 23"

Five O'Clock Flurry, 1984

Five O'Clock Flurry, 1984

Steel aquatint I: 25.75" x 16.25" P: 30" x 20"

heart - to - heart, 1994

heart - to - heart, 1994

Aquatint with chine collé and hand coloring I: 7" x 7" P: 17" x 17"

Quietly, 1985

Quietly, 1985

Aquatint with chine collé and hand coloring I: 9.25" x 9" P: 15.25" x 15.25"

Night Shift, 1985

Night Shift, 1985

Water based woodcut I: 13" x 8" P: 15.25" x 10"

Bathtime Twilight, 1984

Bathtime Twilight, 1984

Aquatint I: 26.5" x 16.5" P: 31.5" x 21"

Dayglow, 1986

Dayglow, 1986

Aquatint I: 40" x 38" P: 48" x 31"

City Jewels, 1986

City Jewels, 1986

Aquatint I: 24" x 39" P: 31" x 46"

City Pearls, 2000

City Pearls, 2000

Etching I: 24" x 39.5" P: 31.5" x 47.75"

Twighlight Pearls, 1986

Twighlight Pearls, 1986

Aquatint, drypoint I: 24" x 39.5" P: 31" x 46"

Skygate, 1992

Skygate, 1992

Color Xerox toner, aquatint I: 17.5" x 23.75" P: 22" x 30"

No Title, 2005

No Title, 2005

Spit bite I: 6" x 12" P: 7.5" x 17"

Flight, 1987

Flight, 1987

White ground etching I: 4.25" x 5.25" P: 7" x 7.25"

Spirit Flight, 1991

Spirit Flight, 1991

Aquatint, white ground I: 24" x 16" I: 31" x 21"

A Flame, 1990

A Flame, 1990

A la poupée carborundum I: 8.25" x 10.75" P: 11.75" x 14.75"

No Title, 1990

No Title, 1990

Etching, spit bite with hand coloring I: 10" x 17.5" P: 15.75" x 24"

Tanabata Moon, 1990

Tanabata Moon, 1990

A la poupée carborundum I: 8.25" x 10.5" P: 15" x 16"

Misty Moon, 2005

Misty Moon, 2005

Aquatint, chine collé I: 10" x 9.75" P: 15" x 14.5"

Uptown, Third Ave, 1996

Uptown, Third Ave, 1996

Monotype I: 17” x 11.5” P: 24.5” x 17.75”

More pieces available upon request. 

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