The Artist's Son is a deeply personal work in which Sekino's roles as father and printmaker merge. The emotional directness of the subject elevates it among his family portraits. Prices range from $350-$1,000, and impressions from the 1950s carry particular collector interest due to his peak creative period.
A 1952 color woodblock portrait of Sekino's son in early childhood, one of several prints in which the artist used his own family as portraiture subjects. The artist's son — later identified in other prints as Jumpei — appears here at an age before individual features have settled into their adult form, and Sekino captures this transitional quality: a face becoming itself, the child not yet fully legible as the person he will be.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
The Artist's Son was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎) in 1952.
The Artist's Son uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on color woodblock print.
The Artist's Son depicts figures, children, and portraits.
The Artist's Son measures 44.4 × 55.5 cm.
