Locks on the C & O Canal (Kanaru no suimon)
- Date:
- 1963
- 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.
The locks of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal — the stone-walled chambers that once raised and lowered boats along the Potomac valley — are rendered in Hiratsuka's 1963 woodblock as industrial heritage. The canal had ceased operating in 1924, and by the time Hiratsuka lived nearby it was a preserved historical waterway. His print treats the lock mechanism's stone masonry with the same formal attention he gave to Japanese castle walls.
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Locks on the C & O Canal (Kanaru no suimon) was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1963.
Locks on the C & O Canal (Kanaru no suimon) depicts rivers & lakes.
