Haku Maki Embossed Woodblock "Poemi 71-44", Late 20th Century

Item Details

Haku Maki (巻白, born Maejima Tadaaki; Japanese, 1924 – 2000)
Poemi 71-44, late 20th century
Embossed woodblock on paper
Signed to the lower right
Numbered 39/154

Haku Maki was a highly innovative and accomplished Japanese relief printmaker, applying mixed media printing techniques to his concentration of reimagined and rearranged Chinese characters. His prints often have a three-dimensional quality, derived from an embossing technique he pioneered. The public collections holding his prints today, include but not limited to, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles Museum of Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Modern Art (NYC).

• Item not examined outside of mounting

Condition

- minor abrasions to the edges of the frame; minor crack to the upper left side of the frame; minor toning of the print.

Dimensions

- measures the frame; visible image measures 10.25" W x 17.25" H.

Item #

ITMG775802