White Moth (Shiroga)
- Date:
- 1959
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; edition 2/30
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
$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.
White Moth (Shiroga) from 1959 with edition 2/30 is among Hagiwara's most intimate early works — the pale nocturnal insect, its wings spread or folded, rendered against the dark night in which it flew. The moth's combination of beauty, fragility, and attraction to light gave the subject a melancholic resonance that suited the artist's lyrical sensibility. The very small edition (2/30) indicates this was either an experimental print or one made in limited quantities for specific collectors rather than general distribution.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
White Moth (Shiroga) was created by Hideo Hagiwara (萩原英雄) in 1959.
White Moth (Shiroga) depicts insects.
