$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.
Glaukos — the sea-deity of Greek mythology, a fisherman who ate a magic herb and became immortal, his body transformed for eternal life in the ocean — appears in this undated version as one of Hagiwara's Showa-period Greek Mythology series subjects. The marine deity's transformation story — the sea swallowing and changing a mortal — resonated with Hagiwara's interest in transformation as both mythological event and artistic subject. The carved surface of the woodblock becomes the vehicle for the transformative process the myth described.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Glaukos, Shôwa period, dated 1965? was created by Hideo Hagiwara (萩原英雄).
Glaukos, Shôwa period, dated 1965? depicts figures, seascapes, and mythology.
