Water Mirror (B)
by Ansei Uchima
- Date:
- 1962
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 43.8 × 68.1 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
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.
Water Mirror (B) is a 1962 woodblock print in ink and color on paper that explores the reflective surface of still water — a natural mirror that duplicates and inverts the world above it. The "(B)" designation indicates this is the second version of a subject Uchima found compelling enough to revisit, each iteration investigating a different aspect of water's capacity to create doubled images. The water mirror is both literal optics (the physics of light reflecting off a smooth surface) and metaphor (the idea that nature holds up a mirror to itself). Uchima's abstract treatment focuses on the boundary between real and reflected, the line where water meets air and the image flips.
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Water Mirror (B) was created by Ansei Uchima (内間安瑆) in 1962.
Water Mirror (B) depicts rivers & lakes and abstract.
Water Mirror (B) measures 43.8 × 68.1 cm.
