Constellation 73-8, Shôwa period, circa 1970s
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
$500–$5,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Kitaoka's refined style has a modest but loyal collector base.
A companion to the preceding constellation print, this variant numbered 73-8 continues Kitaoka's celestial series from the 1970s. The slight shift in numbering suggests these prints were conceived as a related sequence — perhaps the same constellation rendered from a different angle, at a different season, or with a different formal approach. Together they suggest Kitaoka's systematic investigation of a single subject through controlled variation, each print a distinct solution to the same underlying formal problem.
Woodblock print
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
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1947
Color woodblock print; oban
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Constellation 73-8, Shôwa period, circa 1970s was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
Constellation 73-8, Shôwa period, circa 1970s depicts night scenes and abstract.
