Rosette-like Segment of Tile, from roof tile
- Date:
- 1932
- 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 rosette-like segment of tile — circular, petal-layered, its surface texture preserved in woodblock transcription — is isolated here as a complete composition. Hiratsuka's 1932 print belongs to his tile series, each tile motif treated as sufficient subject matter for an independent work. The rosette's formal clarity — geometric yet organic — exemplifies what he found in these architectural fragments: design reduced to its most essential form.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Rosette-like Segment of Tile, from roof tile was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1932.
Rosette-like Segment of Tile, from roof tile depicts architecture.
