$1,000–$6,000. Common subjects: $1,000–$2,000. Key value factors: Tanaka's exquisite farmhouse etchings are beloved by collectors worldwide. Since his death in 2019, prices have firmed. Traditional thatched-roof subjects are most popular.
Stones — ishi — appear in Tanaka's 1968 etching and aquatint as autonomous subjects rather than incidental details of architectural or landscape compositions. Garden stones, pathway paving, or foundation stones gathered over centuries: each carries its own accumulated weathering, its own particular relationship to water and moss and light. The aquatint technique suits this subject especially well, allowing Tanaka to render the tonal complexity of stone surfaces with a subtlety that pure etched line cannot achieve.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Stones was created by Tanaka Ryohei (田中良平) in 1968.
Stones uses Etching, on etching and aquatint, ink on paper.
Stones measures 10.1 × 7.1 cm.
