Diary: March 12th '11
by Tetsuya Noda
- Date:
- 2011
- Medium:
- Woodcut, silkscreen
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
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.
Dated March 12th, 2011 — the day after the devastating Tohoku earthquake and tsunami — this woodcut and silkscreen print carries unavoidable historical weight. Whether or not the image directly depicts the disaster's aftermath, the date alone situates it at one of the most traumatic moments in modern Japanese history. Noda, based in the Kanto region, would have experienced the earthquake and its aftershocks firsthand. The Diary series had always treated every day as worthy of record, but this entry transforms that premise: when the day itself is extraordinary, the act of visual documentation becomes something closer to witness testimony. The woodcut-silkscreen technique grounds the image in physical craft at a moment of profound instability.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Diary: March 12th '11 was created by Tetsuya Noda (野田哲也) in 2011.
Diary: March 12th '11 depicts landscapes and daily life.
