Untitled (nakao-yoshitaka)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
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 untitled woodblock print by Nakao Yoshitaka joins the substantial number of works in his catalog that have lost or never received descriptive titles. The parenthetical artist attribution provides the only textual context, leaving the viewer to engage with the print's visual content without verbal guidance. Nakao's figurative and semi-abstract approach means the subject, whether human figure, working scene, or abstracted form, communicates through shape, line, and color rather than narrative title. The woodblock medium's textures and edges remain legible regardless of labeling, each carved mark carrying the artist's intent into the paper.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Untitled (nakao-yoshitaka) was created by Nakao Yoshitaka (中尾義隆).
Untitled (nakao-yoshitaka) depicts figures and abstract.
![[Grey Figure Posing] by Nakao Yoshitaka](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135848.jpg)
