Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
This woodblock print bears Nakao Yoshitaka's name as its title, functioning as a representative or catalog entry piece rather than a titled composition. Like similar artist-named works by other printmakers, it may serve as an introduction to Nakao's visual language for viewers encountering his work for the first time. The print likely contains the hallmarks of his mature style: bold figural forms, strong color contrasts, and the textural evidence of self-carved woodblocks. Without a subject-based title, the work asks to be evaluated purely on its visual merits, the artist's name standing in for any descriptive framing.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Nakao, Yoshitaka was created by Nakao Yoshitaka (中尾義隆).
Nakao, Yoshitaka depicts figures.
![[Grey Figure Posing] by Nakao Yoshitaka](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135848.jpg)
