
Girl with Calico-Patterned Background
- Date:
- 1948
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A young woman in profile, facing left, with elaborately curled and piled-up dark hair and a floral-patterned kimono rendered in bold black-and-white woodblock strokes. Behind her, the background is divided into a dense calico dot-and-flower pattern below and, in the upper section, a framed picture-within-the-picture showing a reclining nude figure. The print is executed entirely in black ink on cream paper, with a small red seal near the woman's shoulder; Hiratsuka Un'ichi, 1943.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Girl with Calico-Patterned Background was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1948.
Girl with Calico-Patterned Background depicts children and daily life.







