Thanksgiving still life
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$500–$5,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Kitaoka's refined style has a modest but loyal collector base.
A still life organized around seasonal plenty — the gourds, corn, and squash traditionally associated with harvest — becomes in Kitaoka's hands a study in bold form and saturated color. Each object is simplified to its essential silhouette: the ribbed globe of pumpkin, the elongated curve of squash, the spiked geometry of husked corn. The composition reads less as an arrangement than as a collection of strong individual presences, each vegetable claiming its place on the picture plane with the same assertiveness Kitaoka brought to landscape.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Thanksgiving still life was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
Thanksgiving still life depicts still life.
