Rosette Quarter Panels
- Date:
- 1930s
- 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.
Four quadrant segments of a rosette pattern, arranged in a two-by-two grid — an architectural detail from an ancient Japanese tile presented as a formal study in rotational symmetry. Hiratsuka's 1930s woodblock treats the tile's decorative vocabulary as an abstract composition. The repeated quarter-panels create a mandala-like structure from a purely functional architectural element.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Rosette Quarter Panels was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1930s.
Rosette Quarter Panels depicts urban scenes.
