Crete-de-coq

Crête-de-coq (cockscomb, Celosia cristata) is a striking ornamental plant whose velvety, brain-like flower heads come in vivid reds, oranges, and purples. This print from the early 1930s shows Urushibara turning his botanical attention to one of the more unusual flowering plants of the European garden. The cockscomb's elaborate, convoluted surface texture presents a challenge well-suited to woodblock printing, where careful knife-work can suggest the velvet ridges of the bloom.