Rosette-X in Center, from roof tile
- 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.
A rosette with an X motif at its center — another variant from Hiratsuka's extended roof tile series — is rendered as a self-contained composition. The X within the rosette gives the tile face a graphic boldness that suited his printmaking sensibility: the ancient craftsman's design and the modern artist's aesthetic coinciding across twelve centuries. The 1930s print belongs to the tile series he continued into the 1980s.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Rosette-X in Center, from roof tile was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1930s.
Rosette-X in Center, from roof tile depicts architecture.
