$500–$6,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Sekino's prolific output keeps prices accessible. Portrait prints are most collected.
A print whose single name — "Maria" — invokes the figure of the Virgin Mary and the entire tradition of Marian devotion, possibly connected to Sekino's European travels or to Japan's own suppressed Catholic heritage (the kakure kirishitan, or hidden Christians, who maintained their faith covertly through the Edo period). The subject may depict a statue, a painting, or a living model cast in the role, with Sekino's woodblock medium providing a cultural remove from Western religious iconography.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Maria was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Maria depicts figures, religious, and portraits.
