Haku Maki Woodblock Print "65-2"

Item Details

Haku Maki (Japan, 巻白, born Maejima Tadaaki, 1924 – 2000)
65-2, mid to late 20th century
Woodblock on paper
Signed to lower right
Number 41 in an edition of 50; marked to lower right
Presented in a gold tone metal frame behind mat and glass

A mid to late 20th century textured woodblock print titled 65-2 by Japanese artist Haku Maki (巻白, born Maejima Tadaaki, 1924 – 2000). This print depicts a deeply embossed black and red grain pattern. Intersecting black lines sit beneath brighter red lines with two blue squares to the upper left and one blue squre to the lower right. This print is signed and numbered 41/50 to the lower right and is presented in a gold tone metal frame behind mat and glass.

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

- toning to ground; surface abrasions to edges of frame; punctures to verso

Dimensions

- measures frame; image measures 15.0" W x 21.5" H

Item #

18CHI241-001