Unknown, Woman Posing
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Beauty subjects are especially sought after in this category. 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.
Unknown, Woman Posing is a woodblock print of a female figure in a held position, the posing suggesting a model-artist relationship similar to that implied in Grey Figure Posing. The unknown prefix indicates uncertain identification, either of the woman or the print's original title. Nakao Yoshitaka renders the posed figure through his characteristic combination of bold outline and simplified form, the woodblock carving reducing the body to its essential contours while preserving the specific quality of this particular pose. The stillness of posing translates naturally to the static medium of the print, where all figures are permanently held in their positions.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Unknown, Woman Posing was created by Nakao Yoshitaka (中尾義隆).
Unknown, Woman Posing depicts figures and portraits.
![[Grey Figure Posing] by Nakao Yoshitaka](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135848.jpg)
