Rainbow Music
- Date:
- mid 20th century
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 27.3 × 36.2 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
$400–$3,000. Common prints: $400–$1,000. Key value factors: Mizufune's prints are relatively uncommon in the market. When available, quality examples find collectors.
This mid-20th-century woodblock print in ink and color on paper conjures the visual equivalent of music that contains the full spectrum of light. A rainbow is a transient phenomenon, appearing only when sunlight refracts through moisture at a precise angle, and Mizufune Rokushu uses the woodblock medium's capacity for vivid, layered color to evoke that prismatic quality. The composition likely features bands or arcs of graduated hue, moving from warm reds and oranges through yellows and greens to cool blues and violets. The word "music" in the title invites the viewer to experience these colors as a kind of visual harmony, with each hue functioning like a note in a chord. Mizufune carved and printed every block himself, aligning each color pass with the precision required to produce clean transitions between adjacent tones.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Rainbow Music was created by Mizufune Rokushu (水船六洲) in mid 20th century.
Rainbow Music depicts music.
Rainbow Music measures 27.3 × 36.2 cm.
