Forêt et château (Forest and castle)

A 1978 etching with aquatint presenting a forest and castle, titled in French as "Foret et chateau." Keiko Minami conjures a fairy-tale atmosphere where trees and turrets merge in a soft, tonal landscape. Her Paris years shaped a printmaking style that blended Japanese sensitivity to empty space with European etching traditions. The forest canopy and castle silhouette float in the aquatint ground like a half-remembered story, neither fully real nor wholly imagined. The French title reflects Minami's deep integration into the Parisian art world, where she exhibited regularly and found an appreciative audience for her quietly enchanting imagery.