Old Tree and Path of the Sun, Shôwa period, dated 1961
- 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.
"Old Tree and Path of the Sun" from 1961 combines two of Kitaoka's characteristic landscape elements: the solitary ancient tree, gnarled and massive with accumulated time, and the path of light — the angle of sunlight cutting across or along a path through the landscape. The old tree's weathered form contrasts with the clean, geometric quality of the light-path, the organic irregularity of great age set against the mathematical precision of the sun's angle. The composition meditates on time in two registers: geological and diurnal.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Old Tree and Path of the Sun, Shôwa period, dated 1961 was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
Old Tree and Path of the Sun, Shôwa period, dated 1961 depicts transportation and trees.
