Windy Forest, No. 3, Shôwa period, dated 1958
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Sasajima's meditative prints appeal to collectors of both Japanese prints and modern art.
Dated 1958 in the Showa period, this woodblock print is the third in a numbered series exploring the theme of a forest under the influence of wind. The serial approach, creating multiple numbered variations on a single subject, allowed Sasajima to investigate how different compositions, weather intensities, and tonal ranges could express the same essential phenomenon. Number three in the sequence likely shows an evolved handling compared to earlier entries, perhaps with more pronounced movement or a different balance between the stable verticals of tree trunks and the agitated diagonals of wind-blown branches. The forest-in-wind subject occupied Sasajima repeatedly during the late 1950s, a period when his technique was fully mature and his ability to suggest invisible forces through printed marks was at its sharpest.
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Windy Forest, No. 3, Shôwa period, dated 1958 was created by Kihei Sasajima (笹島喜平).
Windy Forest, No. 3, Shôwa period, dated 1958 depicts landscapes and trees.
