The Great Blue Earth

A large angular blue form with mottled black texturing dominates the center of the composition, crossed by two thin turquoise lines that intersect in an X near the lower middle, with a fine red line running parallel alongside one of them. This blue shape is flanked by grey-beige margins stippled with small oval and circular dabs of pale green and grey. Pencil annotations, an edition number, Japanese characters, and the artist's signature appear along the lower border; the overall effect is abstract and geometric rather than pictorial. *The Great Blue Earth*, Yuichi Hasegawa, 2016, woodblock print.