Horse and Rider, from roof tile
- Date:
- 1935
- 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.
From an ancient Japanese roof tile, a mounted horse and rider in full gallop — an image of movement arrested by the tile's compact circular frame. Hiratsuka's 1935 woodblock transcription enlarges the tile's incised design into a self-contained composition, the horse's energy amplified by the surrounding emptiness of the printed ground.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Horse and Rider, from roof tile was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1935.
Horse and Rider, from roof tile depicts architecture and animals.
