Entrance

Date:: 1952
Medium:: Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Dimensions:: 52.1 × 63.2 cm
Edition:: Self-printed
Source:: Minneapolis Institute of Art

Typical Price

$1,000–$8,000. Common subjects: $1,000–$2,500. Key value factors: Hashimoto's bold castle prints are his most recognizable and collected works. Larger formats command premiums.

Description

Entrance, printed in 1952 using ink and color on paper, presents an architectural threshold — a gate, doorway, or approach passage — with the formal clarity that Hashimoto brought to all his architectural subjects. The entrance as a compositional subject is inherently about transition and framing: the space on either side of the threshold differs in quality, and the structure itself organizes the viewer's movement between them. His precise rendering of architectural detail makes even a modest entrance into a study in the geometry of passage.