Cake Shop
- Date:
- 1990
- Medium:
- Woodblock
- Image courtesy of
- Artsy
Description
Cake Shop shows the storefront of a Japanese building with a gray tiled roof and dark wooden slat walls in red and brown tones. A cream-colored noren curtain with bold black lettering hangs across the entrance beside a paper lantern with black kanji text, while a round straw hat and potted green plant sit on the tiled ground in the foreground. The palette is dominated by ochre, black, red, and cream, giving the scene a flat, graphic quality typical of the woodblock medium.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Cake Shop was created by Clifton Karhu in 1990.
Cake Shop depicts market scenes.