![Title unknown [Mother and child] by Nagase Yoshio — Japanese Woodblock print, ink and color on paper, mid 20th century](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135543.jpg)
Title unknown [Mother and child]
- Date:
- mid 20th century
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 52.7 × 39.2 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: As an early sosaku-hanga champion, Nagase's prints have historical significance. Bold, expressive woodcuts are most valued.
A mother holds or tends to her child in this mid-twentieth-century woodblock print, rendered in ink and color on paper. The domestic subject, one of art's most enduring themes, is presented with Nagase's characteristic warmth and directness. The mother-child bond is conveyed through physical closeness and the protective curve of the mother's body around the smaller figure. Nagase avoids sentimentalizing the subject, instead grounding the scene in the observable reality of a parent's daily engagement with a young child. The woodblock medium lends the figures a solidity and presence, with the hand-printed colors giving skin tones and clothing a material warmth that photographic reproduction cannot replicate.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Title unknown [Mother and child] was created by Nagase Yoshio (永瀬義郎) in mid 20th century.
Title unknown [Mother and child] depicts children and daily life.
Title unknown [Mother and child] measures 52.7 × 39.2 cm.
