Lyrique No. 31: Sorrowful Excitement
- Date:
- 1954
- Medium:
- Paper print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
"Lyrique No. 31: Sorrowful Excitement" of 1954, executed in paper print technique, pairs two emotional states in productive tension — the contradiction of feeling both sorrow and excitement simultaneously, the kind of complex affect that characterizes significant personal transitions. Onchi's late paper prints achieved a softness and atmospheric quality impossible with carved wood, and this technical gentleness suits the emotional complexity of a title that refuses to resolve conflicting feelings into either simple grief or simple joy.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Lyrique No. 31: Sorrowful Excitement was created by Onchi Koshiro (恩地孝四郎) in 1954.
Lyrique No. 31: Sorrowful Excitement depicts abstract.
![[abstract composition with diagonal woodgrain] by Gen Yamaguchi](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135949.jpg)