Aloneness (Hitori to iu koto)
by Ansei Uchima
- Date:
- 1960
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
by Ansei Uchima
$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Uchima's luminous landscape prints appeal to collectors of both Japanese prints and modern American art.
Aloneness (Hitori to iu koto) from 1960 is a color woodblock print whose Japanese subtitle translates roughly as "the state of being alone" — not loneliness, which implies suffering, but the neutral condition of solitude. The "Music" tag associated with this work suggests a visual composition structured around rhythm or tone, perhaps the way a solo instrument occupies silence. Uchima, who lived as a Japanese-American artist in New York — navigating between two cultures, two aesthetic traditions, two languages — understood aloneness as a productive condition, a space where creative work happens without the interference of social expectation. The print's abstract forms embody this contemplative isolation.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Aloneness (Hitori to iu koto) was created by Ansei Uchima (内間安瑆) in 1960.
Aloneness (Hitori to iu koto) depicts music.
