Diary: Sep. 28th, '03
by Tetsuya Noda
- Date:
- 2003
- 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.
A late-September 2003 woodcut and silkscreen print, this Diary entry captures a day at the boundary between summer and autumn. In Japan, late September brings the autumn equinox (Shubun no Hi), a national holiday associated with visiting family graves and acknowledging the shift in seasons. Noda was sixty-three when he made this print, and the Diary series had accumulated thousands of entries over thirty-five years. The woodcut-silkscreen process — now refined through decades of repetition — layered photographic imagery onto hand-carved woodblock surfaces, producing prints that carried both the precision of a photograph and the material warmth of handcraft.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Diary: Sep. 28th, '03 was created by Tetsuya Noda (野田哲也) in 2003.
Diary: Sep. 28th, '03 depicts daily life and autumn foliage.
