Ace of Hearts
- Date:
- 1978
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; edition 80/128
- Dimensions:
- 56 × 80 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Issued in 1978 as edition 80 of 128, this late-career color print takes a playing card's motif — the ace of hearts — and subjects it to Sekino's characteristic transformation: the flat graphic symbol becomes a vehicle for layered color, texture, and spatial ambiguity. The hearts suit's connotations of love and luck resonate in a work made during Sekino's most technically accomplished decade, when his color registration and edition management had reached their fullest refinement.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Ace of Hearts was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎) in 1978.
Ace of Hearts uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on color woodblock print; edition 80/128.
Ace of Hearts depicts still life and abstract.
Ace of Hearts measures 56 × 80 cm.