Late autumn
- Date:
- 1966
- Medium:
- Etching, ink on paper
- Dimensions:
- 20.3 × 17.2 cm
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
An etching and aquatint from 1966 that reveals Tanaka's early mastery of seasonal atmosphere. The bare branches and diffuse light of late autumn — that liminal moment after color has faded but before winter's clean geometry arrives — create a tone of quiet desolation that would recur throughout his career. Trees stripped of leaves expose the underlying structure of a rural landscape in a way that spring and summer foliage conceals, and Tanaka makes this revelation the emotional core of the image.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Late autumn was created by Tanaka Ryohei (田中良平) in 1966.
Late autumn uses Etching, on etching, ink on paper.
Late autumn depicts autumn foliage.
Late autumn measures 20.3 × 17.2 cm.