Spring — ？春
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Typical Price
$500–$5,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Kitaoka's refined style has a modest but loyal collector base.
$500–$5,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Kitaoka's refined style has a modest but loyal collector base.
Spring — designated with the Japanese character and a question mark suggesting some uncertainty about the title — renders the season in Kitaoka's characteristic modernist manner: not the cherry blossoms of traditional imagery but perhaps the broader green flush of spring returning to a landscape, the particular quality of spring light, or the first vivid growth of new vegetation. The uncertain title is itself interesting: "Spring — ?" suggests a composition that gestures toward the season without being able to fully name what makes it spring.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Spring — ？春 was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
Spring — ？春 depicts spring.
