Wild Keshi
- Date:
- 1930
- Medium:
- Woodcut 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.
Wild keshi — the opium poppy in its naturalized, smaller-flowered form — is rendered in Hiratsuka's 1930 woodcut with the botanical directness he brought to all his flower studies. The poppy's tissue-thin petals and distinctive seed head translate naturally into the woodcut's capacity for both delicate and bold forms within a single composition. The wild designation distinguishes this from cultivated varieties, emphasizing the plant's unmanaged presence.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Wild Keshi was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1930.
Wild Keshi depicts birds & flowers and still life.
