Shinagawa Takumi

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

Typical Price

Exceptional composition by the father of Japanese abstract printmaking: $10,000–$50,000
Fine signed Onchi print: $3,000–$15,000
Good condition example: $1,000–$5,000

Description

"Shinagawa Takumi" is a portrait of an individual from Onchi's personal or professional circle — a name that does not immediately correspond to a major public figure, suggesting this is one of Onchi's private-circle portraits in which individuals significant to his own life received the same quality of formal attention as publicly celebrated cultural figures. The democratic range of Onchi's portrait subjects — from the most celebrated poets to unknown individuals — reflects his conviction that human individuality in all its forms deserved serious artistic engagement.