Diary Jan. 9 1976
by Tetsuya Noda
- Date:
- description
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- British Museum
by Tetsuya Noda
$1,000–$8,000. Common diary prints: $1,000–$2,500. Key value factors: Noda's innovative diary-print concept has earned him major museum recognition. Earlier works and larger formats command premiums.
An entry from early January 1976 in Noda's ongoing Diary series, this woodblock print in [oban](/glossary/oban) format records a winter moment frozen in time. The date — just over a week into the new year — suggests a scene of quiet transition, possibly a domestic interior or street view captured during the lingering stillness of the holiday period. Printed using traditional woodblock technique alone, without the silkscreen overlay Noda frequently employed, the image carries a more direct, hand-carved quality. This mid-1970s piece belongs to a period when Noda was actively refining the Diary format he had launched in the late 1960s, establishing the visual language of dated observation that would sustain his practice for decades.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Diary Jan. 9 1976 was created by Tetsuya Noda (野田哲也) in description.
Diary Jan. 9 1976 depicts winter and daily life.
