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A Tacit Agreement

A work made of color woodblock print.

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  • A work made of color woodblock print.

Date:

1958

Artist:

Yamaguchi Gen
Japanese, 1896-1976

About this artwork

The colors and therefore the relationship of the shapes to the background differ dramatically in this image. In the other print, the pattern that was produced by rubbing the paper against the woodblock displays vertical strokes; here, the effect is more akin to cross-hatching.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Yamaguchi Gen

Title

A Tacit Agreement

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1953–1963

Medium

Color woodblock print

Dimensions

64.8 × 48.3 cm (25 1/2 × 19 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Arnold Maremont

Reference Number

1973.625

Extended information about this artwork

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