$300–$3,000. Common folk art prints: $300–$800. Key value factors: Mori's cheerful folk art prints are affordably priced. His stencil technique (kappazuri) is distinctive.
Clown Acrobat, Showa period, dated 1960, presents the circus performer or traveling entertainer — a subject deeply embedded in Japanese popular culture from the Edo period through the early 20th century, when street acrobats, clown performers, and traveling troupes were fixtures of urban entertainment. Mori's rendering of the acrobatic clown would have combined the performer's exaggerated costume and makeup with the dynamic posture of physical performance, the bold graphic qualities of his stencil technique well suited to the theatrical excess of the clown's visual vocabulary.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Clown Acrobat, Shôwa period, dated 1960 was created by Yoshitoshi Mori (森義利).
Clown Acrobat, Shôwa period, dated 1960 depicts urban scenes, figures, and daily life.
