Number 3 (1)
- Date:
- 1969
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Ohmi Gallery
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.
The third in the 1969 numbered series continues the systematic exploration of female subjects that defined this moment in Takasawa's practice. By the third work in a numbered sequence, a visual logic has been established that allows the viewer to compare, contrast, and track variation — a sequential experience that individual, unnumbered prints cannot provide. Number 3 sits at the midpoint of this five-part series, contributing its specific qualities to the developing visual argument.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Number 3 (1) was created by Takasawa Keiichi (高沢圭一) in 1969.
Number 3 (1) depicts figures, bijin-ga, and portraits.
