Fruit in Wine Basket
- Date:
- 20th century
- 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.
A still life of fruit arranged in a woven wine basket — the ordinary domestic object elevated to formal subject. Hiratsuka's woodcut technique renders the basket's interlace and the fruit's varied surfaces through contrasting line weights. The work belongs to his early still life subjects, predating the architectural documentation that would dominate his mature output.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Fruit in Wine Basket was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 20th century.
Fruit in Wine Basket depicts food & drink.
