Etude
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
$500–$6,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Sekino's prolific output keeps prices accessible. Portrait prints are most collected.
A single-word title that takes its meaning from the French musical term for a short practice piece — a study or exercise — suggesting a print that operates as a formal investigation rather than a narrative or subject-driven work. Sekino's "etude" prints use woodblock as a medium for working through compositional problems (the distribution of color masses, the balance of positive and negative space) in much the way a musician uses a technical exercise to develop fluency.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Etude was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Etude depicts landscapes and abstract.
