Birds Fable B - 鳥の寓話 B
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Ohmi Gallery
Typical Price
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.
- Common examples: $100–$500
- Good impressions: $500–$2,000
- Premium/scarce: $2,000–$10,000
Description
Birds Fable B — Tori no Guwa B — a second composition in a series of prints with a narrative or allegorical dimension, birds serving as characters in a fable. The fable tradition used animals as stand-ins for human types and behaviors, their stories pointing toward moral truths. Kimura's Birds Fable series engages with this tradition, giving his bird subjects a narrative or allegorical dimension that goes beyond the descriptive function of his other bird prints.
