$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.
Frosty Morning captures the particular atmospheric quality of the coldest clear-weather mornings — the frost crystals on every surface catching the early sun, the air sharp and transparent, the world temporarily made crystalline by the overnight freezing. Hagiwara's carved surfaces, with their capacity to render both the micro-texture of frosted surfaces and the macro-quality of the sharp winter light, were ideally suited to this subject. The frosty morning existed at the intersection of his abstract investigations of surface and his sustained engagement with the atmospheric landscape of the Fuji highlands region.
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.
Frosty Morning was created by Hideo Hagiwara (萩原英雄).
Frosty Morning depicts landscapes, snow scenes, and winter.
