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

Item Details

Haku Maki (巻白, born Maejima Tadaaki; Japanese, 1924 – 2000)
Poemi 71-44, Late 20th Century
Woodblock on paper
Artist signed in bottom right corner.
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).

Condition

- small scratch marks along bottom edge of frame; abrasions to frame at center of left and right edges of frame; scratch along top left edge of frame; minor adhesive residue on glass of frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; artwork measures 10.75" W x 17.25" H.

• Item not examined outside of mounting.

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Item #

ITMGQ66912