Soil (9): Town in the Earth
- Date:
- 1960
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 45.7 × 61 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.
Soil (9): Town in the Earth (1960) extends Hagiwara's Soil series into the built environment — the human settlement as it exists in and through the ground beneath it, foundations sunk into earth, water systems drawing from it, the entire urban infrastructure dependent on the soil that underlies and enables it. The "Town in the Earth" subtitle suggests a composition that renders the urban landscape from below as much as from above, the city's relationship with its geological substrate made visible. The urban-scenes tag indicates human habitation is specifically present.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Soil (9): Town in the Earth was created by Hideo Hagiwara (萩原英雄) in 1960.
Soil (9): Town in the Earth depicts urban scenes.
Soil (9): Town in the Earth measures 45.7 × 61 cm.
