Black Cat
黒猫
- Date:
- 1960
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
Description
A stylized child's profile faces a large black cat in extreme close-up, their features nearly touching; the child's hair is rendered as thick black-and-white vertical stripes, with a single almond-shaped eye and a gray-toned face and shoulder. The cat fills the right side of the composition in solid black with a white-outlined ear, a circular eye, and long white whiskers, set against a plain pale ground. "Black Cat," a color woodblock print by Saito Kiyoshi, 1960, rendered in a flat, graphic palette of black, white, and gray.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Black Cat (黒猫) was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清) in 1960.
Black Cat depicts animals and cats.