Look Back (3) Red
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- wbp
$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Ono's socially conscious prints and urban scenes are valued for both artistic quality and historical interest.
A work likely involving a figure seen from behind or in profile — the act of looking back, a posture loaded with suggestion in Japanese visual culture from [ukiyo-e](/glossary/ukiyo-e) [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga) onward. Ono's figure work tends toward the archetypal rather than the portrait-specific, and the "Red" designation points to a bold chromatic choice that gives the composition additional force. The numbered series implies this is one of several related studies exploring the same gestural subject.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Look Back (3) Red was created by Tadashige Ono (小野忠重).
Look Back (3) Red depicts figures and bijin-ga.
![TItle unknown [bridge and houses in front of yellow sky] by Tadashige Ono](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/132624.jpg)
