Lyric No. 29: Sad self-satisfaction
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Typical Price
- Museum-quality abstract Poem series composition: $30,000–$100,000+
"Lyric No. 29: Sad Self-Satisfaction" is one of Onchi's most psychologically explicit abstract titles — the specific emotional state of "sad self-satisfaction" giving the viewer a precise emotional key for engaging the composition. This kind of emotional precision in titling characterized his mature abstract work: not vague evocations but specific psychological states translated into formal terms. Sad self-satisfaction — the feeling of a hard-won achievement that brings less joy than anticipated — is rendered through formal means whose specific character embodies that complex affect.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Lyric No. 29: Sad self-satisfaction was created by Onchi Koshiro (恩地孝四郎).
Lyric No. 29: Sad self-satisfaction depicts abstract.
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