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Georgetown Window, Washington, D.C. by Hiratsuka Un'ichi — Japanese Woodblock print, 1985

Georgetown Window, Washington, D.C.

by Hiratsuka Un'ichi

Date:
1985
Medium:
Woodblock print
Edition:
Self-printed

Description

A window in a Georgetown townhouse — its colonial-era wooden frame and glass panes rendered with Hiratsuka's direct line — becomes the entire subject of this late Washington print. The window motif inverts his usual interest in exteriors, finding in this domestic threshold the same formal interest he brought to temple gateways. Made in his eighties, it demonstrates his sustained attention to architecture at every scale.

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Georgetown Window, Washington, D.C. was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1985.

Georgetown Window, Washington, D.C. depicts interiors.