Leaping Deer
- Date:
- 1928
- 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 deer in full leap — its body extended in the classic pose of animal energy — is rendered in Hiratsuka's 1928 woodblock with the bold outline that gives his natural subjects their graphic force. The leaping deer subject has precedents in both Japanese and Western artistic traditions, but Hiratsuka's version prioritizes the physical fact of the animal's motion over symbolic or decorative convention.
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Leaping Deer was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1928.
Leaping Deer depicts animals.
