$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.
A screenprint from June 1978, this Diary entry records a midsummer day using pure silkscreen technique. The date — June 24th — falls during Japan's rainy season (tsuyu), when persistent overcast skies and frequent downpours define the landscape. Noda produced another Diary entry with a nearly identical date that same year, suggesting he worked through the same days using different techniques or compositions. Screenprinting offered a flatter, more graphic result than the woodcut-silkscreen hybrid, and Noda clearly chose between methods based on what each image required. This print's pure silkscreen process gives it a photographic directness suited to the diffused light of the rainy season.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Diary: June 24 ’78 was created by Tetsuya Noda (野田哲也) in June 1978.
Diary: June 24 ’78 depicts daily life, rain, and summer.
