Greek Nude and Tang Period Flying Horse (Rafu To Temma)
- Date:
- 1974
- 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.
A Greek nude and a Tang dynasty flying horse — "Rafu to Temma" — occupy the same pictorial space in a cross-cultural dialogue between Western classical figuration and Chinese ceramic art. Hiratsuka juxtaposes the idealized human body of Greco-Roman tradition with the vigorous naturalism of Tang funerary sculpture. The 1974 woodblock reflects his lifelong interest in connections across Asian and Western aesthetic traditions.
Mutsu Tsuta onsen
1919
Color woodblock print; oban
1943
Color woodblock print
Autumn 1920
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
1924
Color woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Greek Nude and Tang Period Flying Horse (Rafu To Temma) was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1974.
Greek Nude and Tang Period Flying Horse (Rafu To Temma) depicts nude and animals.
