Turkish Brass Donkey (Toruku shinchu no roba)
- Date:
- 1976
- 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 Turkish brass donkey — a folk art figurine rendered with Hiratsuka's characteristic attention to non-Japanese craft objects — is here titled with its full Japanese transliteration (Toruku shinchu no roba). Made in 1976, when Hiratsuka was eighty-one, the print reflects his continued curiosity about objects from beyond Japan. The brass figurine's simple form suits his direct knife work.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Turkish Brass Donkey (Toruku shinchu no roba) was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1976.
Turkish Brass Donkey (Toruku shinchu no roba) depicts still life and animals.
