Object No. 4

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

Typical Price

Museum-quality abstract Poem series composition: $30,000–$100,000+
Fine signed Poem or abstract work: $8,000–$30,000
Good condition abstract print: $2,000–$8,000

Description

"Object No. 4" is one of Onchi's explorations in the "objet trouvé" tradition — the found object as artistic subject, rendered through the medium of printmaking. His Object series treated specific physical things as worthy of sustained formal attention: a numbered series in which the object itself (whether depicted or incorporated into the printing process) became the print's primary reason for being. The serial format implied an ongoing investigation — a systematic working-through of what object-based printmaking could yield.