No. 69 - Owl

Numbered two positions after No. 67, this silkscreen owl likely represents a close variant of that earlier composition—a near-companion piece exploring a different angle, color temperature, or background treatment of the same subject. The proximity in numbering suggests the two prints were produced in the same period, possibly as part of a focused study of the owl form. Katsuda's serigraph technique allows him to reuse certain color separations while varying others, making variant compositions technically efficient. The owl's formal qualities—symmetrical facial disk, compressed silhouette, textured plumage—provide a stable compositional anchor across which subtle variations in color and background can be legibly compared.