Ancient Tree in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
- Date:
- 1965
- Medium:
- Woodcut print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
$500–$8,000. Common later works: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: His enormous output (lived to 102) means most works are accessible. Early black-and-white prints are most valued.
Georgetown's old-growth trees became a recurring subject for Hiratsuka after he settled in Washington, D.C. in the 1960s. This ancient specimen — its gnarled trunk and spreading canopy rendered with the dense knife strokes he reserved for organic textures — stands as a living monument in a neighborhood of Federal-era architecture. The 1965 woodcut demonstrates how fully he transplanted his Japanese landscape sensibility to American soil.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Ancient Tree in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1965.
Ancient Tree in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. depicts trees.
