Starlit Night No. 6
- Date:
- 1980
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 41.8 × 30 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
$500–$8,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: Hagiwara's abstract works are collected by both Japanese print and modern art collectors.
Starlit Night No. 6 (1980) renders a night scene defined by stellar illumination rather than moonlight or artificial light — the faint but pervasive glow of stars across a clear night sky, the landscape below them existing in the deepest darkness that Hagiwara's carved surfaces could render. The numbered series (No. 6) suggests sustained investigation of the starlit night from multiple compositional approaches, each print finding a different relationship between the stars' light and the terrestrial darkness they illuminated. The 1980 date marks the work as a mature piece within his fully developed abstract style.
Woodblock print
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
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1947
Color woodblock print; oban
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Starlit Night No. 6 was created by Hideo Hagiwara (萩原英雄) in 1980.
Starlit Night No. 6 depicts night scenes.
Starlit Night No. 6 measures 41.8 × 30 cm.
