Diary: March 31st, '78
by Tetsuya Noda
- Date:
- 1978
- Medium:
- Woodblock and silkscreen print
- 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.
The last day of March 1978, captured in woodblock and silkscreen — a date that marks the boundary between early spring and the fuller warmth of April. This combined-technique print belongs to a productive year in the Diary series; Noda created multiple entries throughout 1978 using various methods. The end of March in Japan coincides with the close of the fiscal and academic year, a time of farewells, transfers, and ceremonial endings. The woodblock-silkscreen process layers hand-carved surfaces with photo-transferred imagery, producing a print whose dual nature mirrors the transitional date it records.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Diary: March 31st, '78 was created by Tetsuya Noda (野田哲也) in 1978.
Diary: March 31st, '78 depicts spring and daily life.
