Tranquility
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- wbp
$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.
"Tranquility" — the title itself a state of being rather than a place or object — invites speculation about what image Hiratsuka chose to embody this quality. The undated woodblock may depict a still water surface, an empty garden, or a figure in repose — subjects through which he explored quietude. The title's abstractness is itself unusual in his characteristically documentary approach.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Tranquility was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一).
Tranquility depicts landscapes and abstract.
