Untitled (hodo-nishimura)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
An untitled Nishimura Hodo woodblock print — the twenty-first in a sequence of unidentified works from his body of output. His shin-hanga prints were produced within the commercial framework of the 1930s Japanese art market, where publishers provided the infrastructure of professional carving, printing, and distribution that allowed artists to focus on design while maintaining the high standards of technical execution that defined the movement's aesthetic ambitions.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Untitled (hodo-nishimura) was created by Nishimura Hodo (西村蒲堂).
Untitled (hodo-nishimura) depicts birds & flowers, landscapes, and abstract.
