Cat, from the series "Steady Gaze" ("Gyoshi")
- Series:
- Steady Gaze
- Date:
- 1943
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Dimensions:
- 84.8 × 49.6 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The 1943 cat from the Gyoshi (Steady Gaze) series shows Saito at an early stage in his exploration of this subject—the same bold flat-plane approach, but with slightly more naturalistic detail than his later, more severely abstracted cat prints. The Gyoshi series title itself is telling: the steady gaze is both the cat's intense stare and the artist's own unblinking attention to form. Saito saw in the cat an embodiment of the kind of concentrated visual awareness he was trying to cultivate through printmaking.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Cat, from the series "Steady Gaze" ("Gyoshi") was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清) in 1943.
Yes — Cat, from the series "Steady Gaze" ("Gyoshi") is part of the Steady Gaze series by Saito Kiyoshi.
Cat, from the series "Steady Gaze" ("Gyoshi") depicts animals and cats.
Cat, from the series "Steady Gaze" ("Gyoshi") measures 84.8 × 49.6 cm.