Horiagete
- Date:
- 1954
- 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.
Horiagete refers to an embossed or relief printing technique — woodblock carving in which the design is raised from the block's surface to create a tactile impression on the paper. This 1954 work explores the technique as a subject and method simultaneously, Hiratsuka investigating the physical properties of his medium with the same curiosity he brought to tile rubbing. The print is a meditation on touch as much as sight.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Horiagete was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1954.
Horiagete uses Embossing, on woodblock print.
Horiagete depicts abstract.
![[abstract composition with diagonal woodgrain] by Gen Yamaguchi](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135949.jpg)