Reservoir
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
A reservoir — an artificial body of water constrained by embankments and purposes — offers Kitaoka a landscape subject at once man-made and elemental. The still surface mirrors light and sky while embankment edges impose geometry on the natural setting. Kitaoka was drawn throughout his career to water in its many forms, and the reservoir's combination of ordered geometry and reflective depth suited his interest in subjects that exist at the boundary between the human-shaped and the natural world.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Reservoir was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
Reservoir depicts landscapes and rivers & lakes.