Lyric #36

Medium:: Woodblock print
Edition:: Self-printed
Source:: Honolulu Museum of Art

Typical Price

Exceptional composition by the father of Japanese abstract printmaking: $10,000–$50,000

Fine signed Onchi print: $3,000–$15,000

Good condition example: $1,000–$5,000

Description

"Lyric #36" continues Onchi's numbered abstract series into its later iterations, each work a discrete emotional and formal statement within an ongoing investigation. The high number suggests this is among his most mature works in the series, produced when his formal vocabulary had been fully developed and refined. The lyric impulse — the attempt to create visual equivalents of poetic or musical feeling — remained constant across the series, but the specific formal solutions evolved with each numbered print.