Horse
by Fumio Fujita
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- wbp
Typical Price
$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Fujita's contemplative prints appeal to collectors of contemporary Japanese printmaking.
by Fumio Fujita
$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Fujita's contemplative prints appeal to collectors of contemporary Japanese printmaking.
Horse in Fujita's woodblock work is treated as a study in animal form and movement rather than a sporting or military subject in the traditional sense. His abstract approach would likely reduce the horse to its essential gestural qualities — the arching neck, the powerful haunches, the distinctive profile — while subordinating descriptive detail to formal and compositional concerns. The horse appears across Fujita's career as an occasional departure from his primary landscape subjects, suggesting personal attraction to the animal's combination of power and grace.
Hebizukai
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
1935
Color woodblock print; oban
1964
Acrylic paint and oil pastel with oiled charcoal and ink over an ink and graphite underdrawing on paper
1964
Color lithograph with relief block and hand coloring; edition 35/36
Horse was created by Fumio Fujita (藤田不美夫).
Horse depicts animals.
