"Skater (Descriptive Title)" — the parenthetical note indicating the title was supplied descriptively rather than by the artist — depicts a figure in the act of skating, capturing the characteristic posture and movement of this winter sport. Onchi's interest in bodies in motion extended from his figure studies to subjects like this, where the body's relationship to an unusual surface (ice rather than ground) generated distinctive compositional opportunities: the low crouch, the outstretched arms, the trajectory across a flat white plane.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Skater (Descriptive Title) was created by Onchi Koshiro (恩地孝四郎).
Skater (Descriptive Title) depicts figures, winter, and daily life.
