Georgetown University Clock Tower
- Date:
- 1967
- 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.
Georgetown University's Healy Hall clock tower is one of Washington's most recognizable Gothic Revival landmarks, its stone spire visible from across the Potomac. Hiratsuka's 1967 woodblock renders the tower with the precision he brought to all his institutional architectural subjects, treating the Flemish Renaissance stonework with the same formal respect as a Japanese pagoda.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Georgetown University Clock Tower was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1967.
Georgetown University Clock Tower depicts architecture.
