Portrait of a Poet
- Date:
- 1955
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 43.8 × 55.9 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
"Portrait of a Poet" of 1955 — made in the final year of Onchi's life — represents the culmination of his lifelong project of poet portraiture. Without specific identification of the subject, the title stands as a category rather than a particular person: the poet as a type of creative being that Onchi found consistently worthy of his most serious formal attention. That this late work was addressed to a poet rather than any of his other frequent subjects (composers, artists, cultural figures) reflects the centrality of poetry to Onchi's own self-understanding as a maker of visual poems.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Portrait of a Poet was created by Onchi Koshiro (恩地孝四郎) in 1955.
Portrait of a Poet depicts portraits.
Portrait of a Poet measures 43.8 × 55.9 cm.
