Haku Maki Woodblock Print "Poem 2"

Item Details

Haku Maki (Japan, 巻白, born Maejima Tadaaki, 1924 – 2000)
Poem 2
Woodblock on paper
Signed
150

A limited edition textured woodblock print titled Poem 2 by Haku Maki (Japan, 巻白, born Maejima Tadaaki, 1924 – 2000). This print was published in a limited edition issue of the book Festive Wine: Ancient Japanese Poems from the Kinkafu published by John Weatherhill Inc. in 1969. Signed and numbered 33/150 to the lower region.

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).

Dimensions

paper is 6″ × 9″

Item #

18COL121-203