A Nebula (No. 3)
- Date:
- 1987
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 44.6 × 59.7 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
$500–$8,000. Common later works: $500–$2,000. Key value factors: Hagiwara's abstract works are collected by both Japanese print and modern art collectors.
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.
Woodblock print
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
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1947
Color woodblock print; oban
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
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.
