Assemblage (Yellow)
by Amano Kazumi
- Date:
- October 1962
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 57.5 × 43.7 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
by Amano Kazumi
$300–$2,500. Common prints: $300–$800. Key value factors: Amano's sosaku-hanga prints are modestly priced. Bold, well-preserved abstract works are most valued.
Assemblage (Yellow), created in October 1962, places a dominant warm tonality at the center of an abstract composition built from gathered and overlapping forms. The parenthetical color designation in the title indicates that this work belongs to a series or group of assemblage-themed prints differentiated by their primary hue, a systematic approach to exploring how color transforms otherwise similar structural arrangements.
The ink and color on paper medium allowed Amano to build yellow's range from pale, translucent washes to dense, saturated blocks. In the woodblock process, achieving a strong yellow required careful pigment selection and multiple passes, since yellow inks tend toward transparency. Amano's choice to foreground this challenging color suggests a deliberate investigation of its optical properties: its tendency to advance visually, its interaction with the warm tones of the paper itself, and its capacity to create luminosity without the addition of white.
Assemblage (Yellow) was created by Amano Kazumi (天野和美) in October 1962.
Assemblage (Yellow) depicts abstract.
Assemblage (Yellow) measures 57.5 × 43.7 cm.
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