Snow Falling on Town
- Date:
- 1966
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 46 × 63.2 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
$500–$5,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Kitaoka's refined style has a modest but loyal collector base.
Snow falls on a town in this 1966 print, the accumulated snowfall muffling the city's geometry under white accumulation. Kitaoka renders snow's transformation of the urban landscape through careful attention to what snow does to form: rooflines thickened by accumulation, streets narrowed by drifts, the city's familiar geometry softened and simplified by the white covering. The winter urban scene was a subject he returned to across his career, the snow functioning as a kind of natural minimalism imposed on the built environment.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Snow Falling on Town was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄) in 1966.
Snow Falling on Town depicts urban scenes and snow scenes.
Snow Falling on Town measures 46 × 63.2 cm.
