{"product_id":"steps-to-the-quiet-road-tomoko-parry-c-1990s","title":"Steps to the Quiet Road - Tomoko Parry, c. 1990s","description":"\u003carticle class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte-table-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"width: 98.087%;\" height=\"1543\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(81, 185, 217);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy This Work Matters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParry turns a simple descent toward an empty road into an invitation to slow down, reflect, and move quietly through the landscape. Warm stones and shaded steps open onto luminous distance, giving the work the restorative feeling of entering a place set apart from everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(81, 185, 217);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork Description\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteps to the Quiet Road*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTomoko Parry, c. 1990s\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word dark markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word dark markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSteps to the Quiet Road\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Tomoko Parry structures the landscape around a descent from an enclosed foreground into a more expansive middle distance. A short flight of weathered steps begins near the lower center and moves downward toward a pale curving road. Trees, boulders, exposed roots, and scattered memorial forms organize the surrounding terrain, creating a setting that appears to be a cemetery, memorial garden, or similarly contemplative public landscape.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition is built from a sequence of thresholds. The viewer first encounters the immediate foreground of rocks, earth, and shadow. The steps then provide a transitional passage, carrying the eye toward the road. Beyond that road, additional trees and monuments recede into light. Parry therefore constructs depth not simply through perspective but through a gradual opening of space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe steps are central both physically and psychologically. Their horizontal edges interrupt the organic curves of the surrounding boulders and roots, revealing human intervention within the natural setting. They are practical architectural elements, yet Parry gives them symbolic weight through their placement. They invite the viewer to imagine moving downward into the landscape. Unlike a grand staircase, these steps are irregular and closely contained. Their surfaces shift through tan, gray, ochre, violet, and brown, suggesting age, weather, and accumulated use. They seem integrated into the hillside rather than imposed upon it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe road beyond forms the painting’s principal directional line. It enters from the lower center, widens through the middle ground, and curves gently toward the upper left. Its pale surface is painted in cream, lavender, blue-gray, and faint yellow, distinguishing it from the deeper colors of the surrounding earth and foliage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis curve prevents the eye from moving directly out of the composition. Instead, the viewer follows the road gradually through the trees. The path disappears from view rather than reaching a visible destination, reinforcing the painting’s contemplative character. The absence of figures is important. The scene clearly belongs to human use: steps have been built, a road maintained, and stone markers placed throughout the grounds. Yet the space is temporarily unoccupied. This allows the viewer to assume the role of the walker approaching the road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParry’s viewpoint is slightly elevated, giving the foreground considerable prominence. The rocks and steps appear close enough to feel physically navigable, while the distant road remains somewhat removed. This difference in scale creates the sensation of pausing before beginning the descent. Large tree trunks frame the view. At right, a dark trunk rises from the lower edge and continues beyond the top of the composition. Its roots appear to merge with the surrounding rocks and earth, visually anchoring that side of the painting. Several slimmer trunks rise through the middle and background, repeating the vertical rhythm at smaller scales.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the left, evergreen branches and darker foliage form a dense curtain. Their cool greens and blue-greens contrast with the warmer trunks and stones below. This darker canopy makes the road’s pale surface appear more luminous. The right-hand tree performs a role similar to an architectural pier or column. It contains the view while directing attention toward the center. Its deep brown, violet, and nearly black passages give it substantial weight, balancing the dense vegetation at left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe foreground rocks are painted in an unusually varied palette. Rust, orange, green, brown, gray, and violet move across their irregular surfaces. Parry does not treat them as neutral background objects. Their color and shape give the foreground much of its visual energy. Several stones appear almost sculptural. Their rounded and angular forms overlap along the edges of the steps, creating a rugged, accumulated boundary. The light-colored form near the upper right may be a pale boulder or carved stone, but Parry leaves its identity somewhat ambiguous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis ambiguity suits the setting. Within cemetery or memorial grounds, natural rocks and constructed markers can visually resemble one another. Parry allows the landscape to blur those categories rather than separating nature and monument too cleanly. Small stone markers appear along the road and among the trees. Some are simple upright shapes; others suggest tiered bases or more elaborate memorial structures. They are rendered with enough clarity to establish the character of the place but remain subordinate to the overall landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir pale gray and lavender tones relate closely to the road. As a result, the memorial forms seem embedded within the same atmospheric field rather than standing apart as isolated symbols. Parry does not dramatize them through sharp contrast. This restraint keeps the work from becoming overtly mournful. The markers acknowledge memory and mortality, but the dominant experience remains one of landscape, passage, and quiet observation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLight appears strongest in the middle distance. The road and upper terrain are washed with pale color, while the foreground remains richer and darker. This transition creates the impression of emerging from shade toward an open, sunlit area. Parry does not rely on a single clearly defined light source. Instead, illumination is distributed through shifts in color temperature and saturation. Warm orange light strikes certain tree trunks and rocks, while lavender-blue shadows spread across the road and steps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe color relationships are more expressive than strictly naturalistic. A literal roadway might be gray or brown, but Parry reimagines it through violet, blue, cream, and yellow. These colors give the landscape a quieter, almost dreamlike atmosphere. The cool road is balanced by concentrated warmth in the foreground. Amber, orange, ochre, and rust appear in the stones, steps, and sunlit trunks. The viewer therefore moves visually from warm enclosure into cool openness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis reversal is notable. Warm colors often advance and cool colors recede, and Parry uses that tendency to strengthen depth. The warm rocks feel close and tangible; the lavender road feels more distant and atmospheric. The trees create an alternating rhythm of concealment and revelation. Trunks interrupt the view, while openings between them provide glimpses of monuments, foliage, and the road. The landscape unfolds through partial access rather than panoramic clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis approach gives the work an experiential quality. It resembles the way one actually perceives wooded grounds while walking: through fragments, changing sightlines, and shifting intervals of shade and light. The brushwork varies according to subject. Trees and rocks are built from denser, more saturated passages. The road and distant spaces are handled with broader, softer washes. This distinction reinforces depth and material difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatercolor allows Parry to move between firmness and diffusion. Strong edges define certain trunks and step surfaces, while other forms dissolve into neighboring color. The background trees become increasingly atmospheric, suggesting distance without extensive detail. The road’s pale washes preserve substantial areas of light paper, allowing the surface to glow. Darker violet passages along the edges establish shadow and curvature. These tonal changes give the road shape without rendering it heavily.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe foreground, by contrast, is visually compressed. Rocks, roots, steps, and shadows overlap with little empty space. This density makes the descent feel enclosed and intimate. The composition therefore depends upon a tension between containment and release. The foreground holds the viewer among heavy natural forms, while the road promises movement into a broader landscape. The steps mediate between those two conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin Parry’s broader practice, the painting relates to her sensitivity toward overlooked places and transitional spaces. Rather than depicting a dramatic monument or sweeping vista, she focuses on a modest route connecting two levels of the grounds. The subject gains importance through sustained attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work also reflects her recurring interest in the relationship between cultivated and natural environments. The road, steps, and memorials reveal human organization, while trees, stones, roots, and foliage soften or partially absorb those structures. Neither side overwhelms the other. Nature does not appear wild or threatening, and the built elements do not dominate the landscape. Instead, the site feels shaped through long coexistence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe possible cemetery setting adds another temporal layer. Trees mature, stones weather, paths are walked repeatedly, and memorials remain after those they commemorate. Parry allows these different forms of duration to occupy the same scene. The title emphasizes quiet rather than death. The road is not presented as foreboding or final. It is simply calm, empty, and gently curving beyond immediate view. This wording directs attention toward mood and movement rather than symbolism alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe broad white mat and restrained silver frame support the painting’s balance of color and stillness. The neutral presentation separates the saturated landscape from its surroundings and allows the violet, ochre, green, and blue passages to remain prominent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSteps to the Quiet Road\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a painting about approach. The viewer has not yet reached the road but stands at the point of descent. Parry turns that moment of hesitation into the work’s central experience. Through carefully organized steps, stones, trees, and light, she creates a landscape that feels less like a destination than an invitation to enter slowly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n-\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(114, 58, 150);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Flike\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(114, 58, 150);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003ch6 class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word dark markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e*The title of this work was assigned by Visard Gallery.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(81, 185, 217);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(81, 185, 217);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(114, 58, 150);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTomoko Parry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is a Japanese-born painter and draftsperson whose mature career developed within the active arts communities of Ohio’s Miami Valley. Born in Japan in 1938, Parry immigrated to the United States in 1971 and later settled in Fairborn, Ohio. From at least 1995 through 2009, she maintained a documented exhibition practice encompassing graphite drawing, watercolor, pastel, painting, and other works on paper. Although she worked across several media, Parry considered herself primarily a pencil artist, becoming particularly recognized for technically exacting drawings of plants, gardens, domestic surroundings, and overlooked urban spaces. \u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParry began sustained formal art study around 1991–1992, after raising her daughter and managing the responsibilities of family life. A watercolor course at the Springfield Museum of Art initiated a period of intensive artistic development. She continued her training through the museum, Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Clark State Community College in Springfield, and numerous independent workshops. Rather than representing a casual late-life interest, this education became the foundation for nearly two decades of exhibitions, awards, critical coverage, and sustained studio production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the mid-1990s, Parry was exhibiting regularly in competitive juried shows accumulating over 60 awards. She received second-place honors in the Western Ohio Watercolor Society’s 1995 annual exhibition at the Springfield Museum of Art. The museum’s subsequent society exhibitions included her \u003cem\u003eUrban Sunflower #2\u003c\/em\u003e in 1996, \u003cem\u003eCigar Tree #3\u003c\/em\u003e in 1997, and \u003cem\u003eSun Dance No. 5\u003c\/em\u003e in 1998. These appearances demonstrate an evolving, serial examination of botanical forms across watercolor and drawing rather than isolated participation in regional art events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer work earned repeated recognition during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Parry received an Honorable Mention in the Seventh Annual Works on Paper exhibition at Rosewood Arts Centre in 1997 and the Second Jurors’ Award in Dayton’s \u003cem\u003eArt About Town\u003c\/em\u003e competition that same year. In 1998, she received Best of Show at the Middletown Fine Arts Center. The following year brought an Honorable Mention for the pencil drawing \u003cem\u003eSundance No. 4\u003c\/em\u003e, second place in the Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors’ drawing and mixed-media category, and second place in the Cincinnati Art Club’s national juried exhibition \u003cem\u003eView Point ’99\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2000, she was again recognized by the Fairborn Art Association and Rosewood Arts Centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParry’s exhibition history included solo, two-person, and institutional presentations. In 2001, the Springfield Museum of Art presented \u003cem\u003eTomoko Parry: Drawings\u003c\/em\u003e alongside ceramics and drawings by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/daytondsa.org\/hageman\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGeorge Hageman\u003c\/a\u003e. That same year, Town and Country Fine Art Gallery mounted \u003cem\u003eFrom the Garden\u003c\/em\u003e, a solo exhibition of her pencil drawings. Later presentations included \u003cem\u003eDrawings and Watercolors\u003c\/em\u003e at the Downtown YMCA in Dayton in 2003, a two-person exhibition of watercolor paintings and pencil drawings with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sharonmdundeeart.com\/about\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSharon Cleveland\u003c\/a\u003e in 2007, and the \u003cem\u003eTri-Art Trio\u003c\/em\u003e exhibition at the Dayton Convention Center in 2009, where Parry and her fellow exhibitors were presented as award-winning regional artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer work also attracted sustained critical attention. Regional critics praised the precision and intimacy of her drawings, describing her botanical works as finely detailed and singling out an Oregon back-alley drawing for its extraordinary meticulousness. A 2003 review similarly emphasized her ability to find visual significance in an easily overlooked section of an urban river walk. In 2001, Parry was selected for the \u003cem\u003eMaster Pastel Artists of the World—United States Showcase\u003c\/em\u003e in \u003cem\u003ePastel Artist International\u003c\/em\u003e, extending recognition of her practice beyond the regional exhibition circuit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParry’s art is distinguished by disciplined observation, patient accumulation, and an ability to make familiar subjects feel immersive and psychologically resonant. Her botanical drawings move beyond conventional plant studies: leaves, stems, pods, and blossoms overlap until they become enveloping visual environments. The surviving record reveals not an occasional or marginal artist, but a committed professional whose work was repeatedly exhibited, awarded, reviewed, and recognized across institutional, juried, and independent settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(81, 185, 217);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnderrepresented Artist Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(114, 58, 150);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTomoko Parry’s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e career also reflects a pattern familiar in the histories of many talented women artists: sustained creative ability existing alongside gendered expectations that redirected public attention toward domestic, supportive, or adjacent professional roles. Before settling into family life, Parry worked as a Japanese translator for San Francisco art galleries, placing her within the professional art world well before her own museum-recognized drawing practice emerged. By 1994, she and her husband had co-founded La Mariposa Gallery, further demonstrating that art was not a peripheral interest but a continuous part of her intellectual and professional life.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParry later described herself as a “domestic engineer,” a phrase that acknowledges the labor, skill, and organizational responsibility involved in homemaking while also revealing how her own artistic career became less publicly visible. Available records increasingly foreground her work supporting her husband’s writing and speaking career, as well as the Japanese consulting company associated with her name. These pursuits should not be treated as insignificant, nor should the partnership be framed as adversarial. Yet the imbalance in the surviving record is notable: his public career continued to accumulate documentation, while hers appears to have remained largely in stasis outside occasional exhibitions, newspaper coverage, and museum holdings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParry’s story therefore speaks to a broader historical problem. Women artists have often been encouraged—or expected—to translate their creativity into family support, cultural mediation, teaching, administration, or other socially sanctioned forms of labor. The result is not necessarily an absence of artistic production, but an absence of sustained recognition. Recovering Parry’s work allows her to be understood not simply through her domestic or consulting roles, but as an artist whose disciplined drawings, watercolors, and mixed media pieces demonstrate considerable technical command, visual intelligence, and a long-standing commitment to the arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(81, 185, 217);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCustom Shipping Notice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eN\/A\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(81, 185, 217);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInformation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStyle: Modern\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSubject: Landscape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYear: 1990s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSight: 20.25 x 13.75 in (51.43 x 34.92 cm)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrame: 27.5 x 21.25 in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedium: Watercolor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSignature: Signed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCirculation status: One of a kind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrame Status: Framed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(81, 185, 217);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVintage Condition Disclaimer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ePlease note that this item is vintage and shows wear consistent with age, use, and history. Signs of wear may include, but are not limited to, minor surface marks, patina, fading, or imperfections typical of older items. All items are sold\u003cstrong\u003e as-is\u003c\/strong\u003e, which is standard with vintage and pre-owned goods and cannot be returned on the basis of condition. Measurements are approximate. We do our best to describe items accurately; however, condition assessments are subjective. If you would like additional details, images, or clarification before purchasing, please contact us through the contact form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(81, 185, 217);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial Condition Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical framing components. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(81, 185, 217);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1990s - 2026:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tomoko Parry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2026:\u003c\/strong\u003e Secondary Market\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2026 - Present\u003c\/strong\u003e: Visard Gallery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Provenance and attribution details are based on our best research and are offered in good faith but are not guaranteed. 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