New Year's Greeting
- Date:
- 1931
- Medium:
- Woodcut 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 New Year's greeting print — nengajo — in the woodcut tradition that Hiratsuka sustained throughout his career as gifts to friends, patrons, and students. Dating to around 1931, this print carries the seasonal formality of the Japanese New Year while reflecting his directness of execution. Greeting prints were a significant part of the sosaku-hanga community's social fabric, exchanged as tokens of artistic friendship.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
New Year's Greeting was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1931.
New Year's Greeting depicts figures and daily life.
