Horse and Rider, from roof tile
- Date:
- 1935
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
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.
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Horse and Rider, from roof tile was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1935.
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