Rain, Paris (A)
- Date:
- 1955
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Dimensions:
- 60 × 45.3 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The 1955 Rain, Paris (A) is among Saito's most distinctive international works—the first or primary version of what may have been a small series of Paris rain compositions. Rain transformed the city's stone and iron surfaces into reflective planes perfectly suited to his flat-plane approach: the wet Boulevard Saint-Germain or the Marais cobblestones becoming abstract fields of color, the reflected street lamps geometric points of light in a dark ground.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Rain, Paris (A) was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清) in 1955.
Rain, Paris (A) depicts rain.
Rain, Paris (A) measures 60 × 45.3 cm.