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Scrapbook 1
Kurt Wurmil revealed the pictures in Hijikata’s first scrapbook from his PhD Dissertation known as The Power of Image: Hijikata Tatsumi’s Scrapbooks and The Art of Buto.1
In this scrapbook 1 called Avalanche Candy (which is the most popular), Hijikata had a total of 41 images. He used the following artists: Gustav Klimt, Hans Richter, Christoph Donin, Pablo Picasso, William Turner, Willem de Kooning, Egon Schiele, Kolde Narashige, Arshile Gorki, Salvador Dali, Aristide Caillaud, Francis Bacon, and Shmizu Ichiro. Some artists are unidentified.
Picture of a page from Avalanche Candy, Source: Keio University2
Not pictured:
Gustav Klimt, Liegende Frau (Sketch), 1914-16
Actual pictures found:
Gustav Klimt – Mada Primavesi, 1912Gustav Klimt, Liegende Frau, 1905 – 07Gustav Klimt, the Bride 1917-1918Gusatv Klimt, Wasserschlangen 1904-07Gustav Klimt, Danae, 1907-08Gustav Klimt, Kuss, 1907-08Gustav Klimt, Die 3 Alter Der Frau, 1908Gustav Klimt, Philosophie, 1899-1907Gustav Klimt, Toten Saule, 1903Hans Richter, Selbst Portrat, 1917Pablo Picasso, La Mujer de Azul, 1901William Turner, Woman in Mirror, Nov 1830Light and Colour (Goethe’s Theory) – the Morning after the DelugeWillem de Kooning, Marilyn Monroe, 1954Willem de Kooning, Woman, 1953Willem de Kooning, Woman, 1953Willem de Kooning, Two Women SL, 1953Willem de Kooning, Woman on Bicycle, 1953Willem de Kooning, Woman I, 1950-52Egon Schiele, Zwei Madchen, 1911Egon Schiele, Semi-Nude Girl, 1911Egon Schiele, Frauen Akt, 1910Salvador Dali, Portrait of Picasso, 1943Salvador Dali, L’Enigme sans Fin, 1938Salvador Dali, Due Pezzi di Pane, 1940Salvador Dali, Chair de Poule, 1956Salvador Dali, Hercule souleve, 1963Francis Bacon, Portrait of G. Dyer, 1966.Egon Schiele, New Born Baby, 1910Arshille-Gorky-Kalendar-1946-47As displayed in Kurt Wurmli’s Power of ImageAs displayed in Kurt Wurmli’s Power of ImageAs displayed in Kurt Wurmli’s The Power of ImageAs displayed in Kurt Wurmli’s The Power of ImageAs displayed in Kurt Wurmli’s The Power of Image
¹ Wurmli, Kurt. The Power of Image – Hijikata Tatsumi’s Scrapbooks and the Art of Buto. PhD Dissertation. University of Hawaii. 2008. Page 153 – 173.
