Onchi Kōshirō
Japanese, 1891-1955
Image No. 8: Photograph of the Family at Sea
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Onchi Kōshirō
Japanese, 1891-19551952
Image No. 8: Photograph of the Family at Sea
Onchi Kōshirō Japanese, 1891-1955 →Japanese (culture or style)woodblock printprint
Date
1952
Medium
Woodblock and paper print
Dimensions
60 × 90 cm (23 5/8 × 35 7/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Arnold Maremont
The title of this print—the only one of this image that the artist made—refers to a “family at sea,” but the amorphous forms set against a blue background are almost comically abstract. They may be floating on top or just about to sink into the pigment, which has been laid onto the paper in an uneven fashion that makes the work look more like a painting than a print.
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