River at Hiroshima
- Date:
- 1957
- Medium:
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
Typical Price
$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.
Description
Printed in 1957, this early view of Hiroshima's river delta carries a weight that purely formal description cannot fully account for. Twelve years after the atomic bombing, the city's rivers — the seven channels of the Ota flowing into Hiroshima Bay — were still charged with memory and meaning. Ono renders the river with his characteristic directness, the water and banks treated as graphic shapes, but the choice of subject in this year speaks beyond form.
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Frequently Asked Questions
River at Hiroshima was created by Tadashige Ono (小野忠重) in 1957.
River at Hiroshima depicts landscapes and rivers & lakes, set at Hiroshima.