Corn Husk Doll America
- Date:
- 1985
- Medium:
- Woodblock 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.
The corn husk doll is a traditional Native American craft form, and Hiratsuka renders one of these simple figural objects with his characteristic attentiveness to non-Japanese folk art. The doll's woven fiber form translates well into woodblock, its rough texture captured through varied knife strokes. Made in his eighties, the print reflects his undiminished curiosity about American material culture.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Corn Husk Doll America was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1985.
Corn Husk Doll America depicts still life and daily life.
