Nostalgia in Black (Kuro no nosutaruji)
by Ansei Uchima
- Date:
- 20th century
- 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.
Nostalgia in Black (Kuro no nosutaruji) is a color woodblock print that uses the Japanese transliteration of the Western word "nostalgia" in its subtitle, signaling a conscious engagement with the concept of longing for something past or distant. The specification "in Black" establishes a dominant chromatic key: this is nostalgia rendered in darkness, in ink, in the absence of color — as though memory itself has been stripped to its essential tonal values. For Uchima, who spent his adult life in New York while carrying the visual memories of Japan and wartime California, nostalgia was not an idle sentiment but a structural condition of creative life.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Nostalgia in Black (Kuro no nosutaruji) was created by Ansei Uchima (内間安瑆) in 20th century.
Nostalgia in Black (Kuro no nosutaruji) depicts abstract.
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