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.
This woodblock print carries only the artist's name as its title, suggesting either a self-referential work or a piece that has lost its original designation in catalog records. For an artist who spent his career bridging Japanese and American artistic traditions — born in Stockton, California to Japanese immigrants, trained in both countries, and committed to the [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) philosophy of complete artistic self-sufficiency — a print titled simply with his own name may constitute a statement of identity. The work stands within Uchima's broader practice of abstract woodblock printing, where the carved and printed surface becomes a field for exploring form, color, and the specific textures that only hand-pulled woodblock can produce.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Ansei Uchima was created by Ansei Uchima (内間安瑆).
Ansei Uchima depicts abstract.
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