Inside a Cage
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$500–$5,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Kitaoka's refined style has a modest but loyal collector base.
The cage as image carries multiple resonances: confinement, protection, the paradox of a structure that simultaneously encloses and makes visible. Kitaoka's print examines the cage as formal object — its geometry of bars creating a grid through which the enclosed space (and perhaps the enclosed creature) is seen — while leaving open the interpretive question of what the cage means beyond its physical description. It is a print that rewards contemplation of the very idea of bounded space.
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
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Inside a Cage was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
Inside a Cage depicts animals and abstract.
