CL 21-5

*CL 21-5* (2021), a lithograph by Kenji Nagai, is an abstract composition dense with irregular black blot-like forms scattered across a white ground, interspersed with fine curving black lines and small scattered dots in black and pale blue-violet. A faint grid pattern is visible beneath the marks in places, and the overall arrangement fills a vertical rectangular field with generous white margins. The palette is limited to black, white, and touches of pale blue-violet, and the mood is energetic and gestural rather than representational.