Below the Duck Pond
- Date:
- 1982
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 11.6 × 41.9 cm
- Source:
$300–$2,000. Common prints: $300–$800. Key value factors: Schwaberow's mokuhanga prints are modestly priced and accessible to collectors of contemporary printmaking.
"Below the Duck Pond" is a 1982 [oban](/glossary/oban) color woodblock print by Micah Schwaberow that takes its title from a specific landscape location, directing the viewer's gaze to the terrain downstream or downhill from a body of water inhabited by ducks. The title's specificity suggests a real place known to the artist, perhaps near his Northern California home. Schwaberow, who trained in traditional Japanese mokuhanga techniques, applies those methods to landscapes drawn from his own environment rather than Japanese scenery. The duck pond establishes an ecological setting: still water, wetland vegetation, and the animal life that gathers around such places. By positioning the viewer "below" the pond, the composition implies looking back uphill toward the water source, an unusual vantage point that creates a distinct spatial relationship between observer and landscape.
Below the Duck Pond was created by Micah Schwaberow in 1982.
Below the Duck Pond depicts birds & flowers and rivers & lakes.
Below the Duck Pond measures 11.6 × 41.9 cm (Oban format).
