Portrait of James Michner
- Date:
- 1959
- Medium:
- Woodcut print; ink on paper
- 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.
James Michener — the American novelist and ardent collector of Japanese prints who championed Hiratsuka's work and helped introduce it to American audiences — is here rendered in woodcut portrait. The 1959 woodcut, ink on paper, depicts Michener with the directness of Hiratsuka's portraiture, the subject's strong features suited to the knife's bold line. The portrait documents a friendship that shaped how postwar America understood Japanese printmaking.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Portrait of James Michner was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1959.
Portrait of James Michner depicts portraits.
