Key value factors: For living or recently deceased artists, limited edition size and gallery representation drive value. Signed and numbered prints from smaller editions are most desirable.
The one hundred and fifth iris by Sugiura Kazutoshi continues his sustained exploration of the hana-shōbu across more than one hundred and sixty numbered works, each one a distinct solution to the formal challenge of representing this deeply Japanese flower. At this stage of the series Sugiura's technical mastery of the layered woodblock-silkscreen-gold-leaf process is complete, and the compositions show an increasing willingness to let individual passages of color become quite abstract — areas of the print where pigment layers produce effects that exceed the descriptive needs of botanical representation.
Iris No 105 — 花菖蒲 No 105 was created by Sugiura Kazutoshi (杉浦和俊).
Iris No 105 — 花菖蒲 No 105 depicts birds & flowers.
