Books
- Date:
- 1949
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 39.2 × 27.6 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
"Books" of 1949 represents Onchi at his most playfully intellectual: a still life of books — perhaps his own library, perhaps an idealized arrangement — that celebrates the printed word through the medium of the printed image. The woodblock print depicting books stages an encounter between two forms of impression and transmission: the cultural value of literature mirrored in the cultural value of printmaking. Onchi was a significant figure in Japanese book culture as well as printmaking, and this work reflects his lifelong conviction that the beautiful book and the beautiful print were related forms of art.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Books was created by Onchi Koshiro (恩地孝四郎) in 1949.
Books depicts still life and abstract.
Books measures 39.2 × 27.6 cm.
