Nexu's No O, Shôwa period, dated 1965
by Toko Shinoda
- Date:
- Shôwa period, 1926-1989
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
by Toko Shinoda
$2,000–$20,000+. Common lithographs: $2,000–$5,000. Key value factors: As one of Japan's most celebrated modern artists who lived to 107, Shinoda's work has a large, devoted following. Original sumi paintings far exceed print prices.
Dated 1965, Nexus No O is a Showa-period woodblock that takes connection as its subject. The word nexus implies a linking point, a center where separate things converge. Shinoda builds this idea visually through forms that meet or overlap at critical junctures within the composition. The O in the title may refer to a specific variant within a sequence. Printed when Shinoda was in her early fifties, this work belongs to her mature period when she had fully developed her vocabulary of abstract calligraphic forms and was exploring their capacity to carry conceptual weight.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Nexu's No O, Shôwa period, dated 1965 was created by Toko Shinoda (篠田桃紅) in Shôwa period, 1926-1989.
Nexu's No O, Shôwa period, dated 1965 uses Lithograph, on woodblock print.
