Attributed to Tsuruko Yamazaki, no coa, private collection, medium:watercolor measurements: 25"HX29"W framed, mint condition Biography: Tsuruko Yamazaki was a Japanese artist, known for her bold artistic experiments with abstract visual styles and non-traditional materials. She was a co-founder and the longest-standing female member of the Gutai Art Association, an avant-garde artists' collective established by Jiro Yoshihara.Yamazaki was known for her daring use of saturated colors and abstract visual languages. She was also interested in unconventional materials like tinplate, mirrors, and vinyl. Eschewing figurative and literal representations, her early works often highlighted the specific chemical and physical properties of these materials, responding to Yoshihara's assertion that: 'Gutai Art does not alter matter […] Gutai Art does not distort matter. In Gutai Art, the human spirit and matter shake hands with each other while keeping their distance. Matter never compromises itself with spirit; spirit never dominates matter.