Look Back (3) Red
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- wbp
$1,000–$6,000. Common subjects: $1,000–$2,000. Key value factors: Nishida's luminous landscapes have found a strong international following. Limited editions sell well.
Look Back (3) Red presents a figure, most likely a cat, captured mid-turn in the act of glancing over its shoulder. The backward glance is one of the most charged poses in Japanese art, known as mikaeri, and it appears in contexts ranging from Buddhist sculpture to [ukiyo-e](/glossary/ukiyo-e) beauty prints. Nishida applies this traditional motif to his own subjects, using the moment of looking back to create compositional tension between the figure's forward-facing body and its rearward-directed gaze. The Red designation indicates this variant uses a warm, saturated palette that likely heightens the emotional intensity of the backward glance. The third entry in the series, this print refines and varies a pose that Nishida finds perpetually compelling.
Hebizukai
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
1935
Color woodblock print; oban
1964
Acrylic paint and oil pastel with oiled charcoal and ink over an ink and graphite underdrawing on paper
1964
Color lithograph with relief block and hand coloring; edition 35/36
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Look Back (3) Red was created by Tadashige Nishida (西田忠重).
Look Back (3) Red depicts animals and cats.
