Yamaguchi Gen
Japanese, 1896-1976
A Tacit Agreement
INV-1111
Yamaguchi Gen
Japanese, 1896-19761958
A Tacit Agreement
Yamaguchi Gen Japanese, 1896-1976 →Japanese (culture or style)woodblock printprint
Date
1958
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
64.8 × 48.3 cm (25 1/2 × 19 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Arnold Maremont
The colors and therefore the relationship of the shapes to the background differ dramatically in this image. In the other print, the pattern that was produced by rubbing the paper against the woodblock displays vertical strokes; here, the effect is more akin to cross-hatching.
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