$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.
Expo '70 — the World's Fair held at Osaka's Senri Hills in 1970 under the theme "Progress and Harmony for Mankind" — was one of the defining events of Japan's postwar economic miracle, its futurist architecture and international pavilions representing Japan's arrival as a global industrial power. Hagiwara's print engages with the expo as both event and symbol, the fair's optimistic modernism filtered through his distinctive carved-surface aesthetic. The contrast between the expo's utopian vision and Hagiwara's more meditative artistic temperament gives the image an interesting critical edge.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Expo '70 was created by Hideo Hagiwara (萩原英雄).
Expo '70 depicts urban scenes, architecture, and abstract.
