Gathering
- Date:
- September 1968
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 47 × 62.9 cm
- Source:
$200–$1,500. Common prints: $200–$500. Key value factors: Sora's prints are modestly priced and accessible to collectors.
Printed in September 1968 using ink and color on paper, "Gathering" depicts the coming-together of people through Sora's abstract visual vocabulary. The title suggests a social occasion more formal than a chat but less structured than a discussion, and the composition may reflect this intermediate quality through arrangements that combine loose groupings with areas of concentrated form. Sora's September 1968 output represents a sustained engagement with themes of human connection, with "Chat" and "Gathering" produced in the same month but exploring different qualities of social interaction. The ink and color technique allows for both decisive marks and softer, more atmospheric passages that together create a surface rich in visual incident. The gathering evoked here is felt rather than seen, an impression of collective presence rendered through the artist's hand.
Gathering was created by Mitsuaki Sora (空充秋) in September 1968.
Gathering depicts figures and abstract.
Gathering measures 47 × 62.9 cm (Oban format).
