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A Nebula (No. 3) by Hideo Hagiwara — Japanese Woodblock print, ink and color on paper, 1987

A Nebula (No. 3)

by Hideo Hagiwara

Sōsaku-hanga
Night ScenesAbstract
Date:
1987
Medium:
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Dimensions:
44.6 × 59.7 cm
Edition:
Self-printed

Description

A Nebula (No. 3) from 1987 extends Hagiwara's lifelong interest in cosmological subjects into the era of enhanced astronomical imagery, the vast clouds of interstellar gas and dust that form stars becoming a vehicle for his abstract compositional concerns. The nebula's simultaneous qualities — extreme distance and scale, the violent processes of stellar birth, the paradoxical beauty of destruction — gave Hagiwara a subject where the abstract and the natural were genuinely indistinguishable. The No. 3 designation indicates a series, each print exploring a different aspect of the nebular form.

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Frequently Asked Questions

A Nebula (No. 3) was created by Hideo Hagiwara (萩原英雄) in 1987.

A Nebula (No. 3) depicts night scenes and abstract.

A Nebula (No. 3) measures 44.6 × 59.7 cm.