Lyrique No. 2: Lyrique on Musical Themes: Ravel, Morning Song of a Pierrot, Shôwa period, dated 1933
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Description
"Lyrique No. 2: On Musical Themes — Ravel, Morning Song of a Pierrot" of 1933 translates Ravel's music for the commedia dell'arte character of the Pierrot into visual form — the sad clown's morning song rendered through abstract composition. Ravel's particular combination of clarity and melancholy, his cool emotional surface over genuine feeling, offered Onchi a musical personality well suited to visual translation: the Pierrot figure itself already abstract, a mask over a real face. This print from 1933 represents an early major statement in Onchi's music-to-image project.
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Lyrique No. 2: Lyrique on Musical Themes: Ravel, Morning Song of a Pierrot, Shôwa period, dated 1933 was created by Onchi Koshiro (恩地孝四郎).
Lyrique No. 2: Lyrique on Musical Themes: Ravel, Morning Song of a Pierrot, Shôwa period, dated 1933 depicts music and abstract.