Expression of Eyes
- Date:
- 1931
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
$5,000–$40,000. Common subjects: $5,000–$10,000. Key value factors: Very limited output makes all prints relatively scarce. The 'Styles of Contemporary Make-up' series is most collected.
"Expression of Eyes," from 1931, brings Kobayakawa's radical cropping strategy to bear on the eyes themselves — the most psychologically charged feature of the face. The print eliminates most of the face to focus on the eyes, which are rendered with extraordinary precision: the line of the lid, the curve of the iris, the light reflected on the pupil. This close-focus approach, influenced by modern photography, was unlike anything in traditional bijin-ga and gave Kobayakawa's women a psychological depth that was entirely his own.
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Woodblock print
1/1931
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
1924
Oil on board
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Expression of Eyes was created by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (小早川清) in 1931.
Expression of Eyes was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1931).
Expression of Eyes depicts bijin-ga and portraits.
