Ox
by Maki Haku
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Typical Price
- Fine signed Maki Haku print in excellent condition: $400–$1,500
- Good condition numbered edition: $200–$700
by Maki Haku
The ox carries deep resonance in East Asian art and philosophy — the ten ox-herding pictures of Zen Buddhism trace a path from searching to enlightenment using the animal as metaphor. Maki Haku's "Ox" almost certainly engages this tradition, the animal becoming both a concrete form and a philosophical cipher. His treatment would likely balance the recognizable silhouette of the beast against the abstraction of ground and mark, maintaining the tension between reference and pure form that defines his best work.
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.
Ox was created by Maki Haku (巻白).
Ox depicts animals.
