SUNA-NO TO (tower of sand
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- wbp
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.
"Tower of sand" (SUNA-NO TO) evokes the paradox of an architectural aspiration built from the most unstable of materials. The image belongs to Kitaoka's extended engagement with imaginary sandy cityscapes — monumental, geometric structures that rise improbably from shifting ground, their geometric precision set against their implicitly temporary nature. The Japanese title in katakana marks this as a conceptual subject, a meditation on the ambition to build and the inevitability of dissolution.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
SUNA-NO TO (tower of sand was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
SUNA-NO TO (tower of sand depicts architecture.
