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.
Near the end of his numbered iris series, the one hundred forty-fifth composition by Sugiura Kazutoshi shows a flower that has been contemplated so many times it has acquired the quality of an emblem — still recognizably a hana-shōbu, but weighted with the accumulated attention of a lifetime's looking. The layered printing technique at this late stage reaches its full development, with silkscreen overprinting producing surface effects of unusual richness that reward examination with a magnifying glass as much as appreciation from a distance. The gold-leaf grounds glow with a warmth characteristic of his mature work.
Iris No 145 — 花菖蒲 No 145 was created by Sugiura Kazutoshi (杉浦和俊).
Iris No 145 — 花菖蒲 No 145 depicts birds & flowers.
