Mouton devant un village (Sheep in front of a village)
by Keiko Minami
by Keiko Minami
$1,000–$6,000. Common prints: $1,000–$2,000. Key value factors: Minami's Paris career and poetic imagery have earned her a dedicated international following. Bird and butterfly subjects are most popular.
An etching with aquatint from the 1960s depicting sheep standing before a village, titled in French as "Mouton devant un village." Keiko Minami returns to the pastoral subject she explored in several works, placing woolly, rounded sheep in the foreground of a cluster of houses. The village rises behind them like a miniature settlement in a snow globe, compact and self-contained. Minami's aquatint technique bathes the scene in soft gradients, blurring the boundary between earth and sky. The sheep serve as gentle anchors of life within a landscape that might otherwise drift into pure abstraction.
Hebizukai
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
1935
Color woodblock print; oban
1964
Acrylic paint and oil pastel with oiled charcoal and ink over an ink and graphite underdrawing on paper
1964
Color lithograph with relief block and hand coloring; edition 35/36
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Mouton devant un village (Sheep in front of a village) was created by Keiko Minami (南桂子) in 1960s.
Mouton devant un village (Sheep in front of a village) uses Etching, on etching with aquatint, ink and color on paper.
Mouton devant un village (Sheep in front of a village) depicts animals and village scenes.
Mouton devant un village (Sheep in front of a village) measures 35 × 28.1 cm.
