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Abstraction by Onchi Koshiro — Japanese Woodblock print

Abstraction

by Onchi Koshiro

Sōsaku-hanga
Abstract
Medium:
Woodblock print
Edition:
Self-printed
Source:
met

Description

An abstract composition of flat, unmodulated shapes on a white ground: at left, three vertical bands in brown, mottled grey-blue, and a small dark-blue scribbled triangle, cut across by a curving mustard-yellow form with an angular lower edge; at right, a solid black vertical band and a red vertical band separated by a sinuous S-curved border. No figures or recognizable setting are depicted. The print bears the inscribed title "Composition no. 4" at lower left, along with a grey-scale calibration strip visible at the left edge of the photograph.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Abstraction was created by Onchi Koshiro (恩地孝四郎).

Abstraction depicts abstract.