Number 4 (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 fourth in the 1969 numbered series, this print continues the sustained sequential investigation of Takasawa's studio practice that year. Number 4's position near the end of the series suggests it may introduce a resolution or counterpoint to the compositional ideas established in the earlier works, either deepening a quality that has developed through the sequence or introducing a deliberate contrast. The series as a whole represents one of his most explicitly systematic bodies of work.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Number 4 (1) was created by Takasawa Keiichi (高沢圭一) in 1969.
Number 4 (1) depicts figures, bijin-ga, and portraits.
