Mt. Asama in Spring
- Date:
- 1956
- 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.
Mt. Asama — the active volcano on the border of Nagano and Gunma Prefectures — is rendered in spring 1956, the volcano's cone visible above the seasonal haze. Hiratsuka's woodblock captures the mountain's bulk with the spare authority of his mature landscape style, the spring season softening without sentimentalizing the volcanic terrain.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Mt. Asama in Spring was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1956.
Mt. Asama in Spring depicts spring and mountains.
