Summer Stream
by Ansei Uchima
- Date:
- 1962
- Medium:
- Color lithograph
- Dimensions:
- 38.8 × 51 cm
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
Summer Stream (1962) is a color lithograph — a departure from Uchima's primary woodblock medium into the planographic printing technique where the image is drawn on a flat stone or plate. Lithography allows for smoother tonal gradations and more fluid drawing than woodblock, and Uchima may have chosen this medium to capture the specific quality of a summer stream: the languid current, the warm water heavy with dissolved minerals, the reflections softened by the season's intense overhead light. The shift from woodblock to lithograph also changes the physical texture of the print, replacing the carved line's crispness with the drawn mark's spontaneity.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Summer Stream was created by Ansei Uchima (内間安瑆) in 1962.
Summer Stream uses Lithograph, on color lithograph.
Summer Stream depicts rivers & lakes and summer.
Summer Stream measures 38.8 × 51 cm.