Unknown title
- 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.
An untitled print whose subject is unclear from the record — one of the genuinely unknown works in Kitaoka's output — is nonetheless a woodblock print by an artist whose formal qualities are recognizable across his diverse subjects. The print's existence in the record without a recovered title leaves it open to interpretation, its content available only through visual encounter with the work itself.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Unknown title was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
Unknown title depicts landscapes and abstract.
