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Poetry of Early Autumn (B)

A work made of color print with leaves.

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  • A work made of color print with leaves.

Date:

1947

Artist:

Yamaguchi Gen
Japanese, 1896-1976

About this artwork

Yamaguchi Gen was one of the first Japanese print artists to embrace abstraction. These two prints may look similar at first, but this print exhibits much brighter colors. Notice also how the spacing of the leaves and other elements changes between the prints. This reveals that the various shapes were manipulated separately by the artist. He produced the images by placing each leaf on cardboard, laying paper over it and printing before moving on to the next leaf or element. There were 23 different printing stages involved in the making of the final image.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Yamaguchi Gen

Title

Poetry of Early Autumn (B)

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.

Made 1942–1952

Medium

Color print with leaves

Dimensions

32.6 × 32.2 cm (12 13/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Arenberg

Reference Number

1962.1126

Extended information about this artwork

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