Fishing Boats on Beach (N0. 2)
by Maeda Masao
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Honolulu Museum of Art
by Maeda Masao
$500–$4,000. Fish prints are among the most collected subjects for this artist. Good mountain prints: $1,500–$2,500. Key value factors: Maeda Masao's atmospheric mountain and landscape prints have a dedicated following among sosaku-hanga collectors.
Fishing boats on a beach — their weathered wooden hulls hauled up above the tide line while their crews work or rest nearby — are the subject of this second version of a recurring Maeda Masao subject. The fishing boat was one of the most consistent subjects in twentieth-century Japanese printmaking, its combination of craft tradition, working life, and natural setting making it equally appealing to the documentary and aesthetic impulses of sosaku-hanga and shin-hanga artists. Maeda's bold direct line work gives the wooden hulls a graphic presence that honors the materiality of the boats as working objects.
1940
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Boshu Taikai
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
September 1931
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Fishing Boats on Beach (N0. 2) was created by Maeda Masao (前田政雄).
Fishing Boats on Beach (N0. 2) depicts seascapes and animals.
