Midnight, Shôwa period, dated 1959
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museum
- Image courtesy of
- Harvard Art Museum
Description
*Midnight* (1959) is an abstract woodblock print by Hideo Hagiwara in a dark palette of charcoal grey, black, and deep brown, dominated by a vertical band of streaky yellow lines just left of center. Overlapping rectangular and grid-like forms in white, grey, and faint brown are layered across the composition, with a horizontal white-and-grey striated block crossing the lower left. The overall effect is somber and textured, built from irregular, hand-worked patches rather than a legible scene or figures.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Midnight, Shôwa period, dated 1959 was created by Hideo Hagiwara (萩原英雄).
Midnight, Shôwa period, dated 1959 depicts night scenes and abstract.