Before the Storm

Arts of Asia

March 1920

Ito Shinsui
Japanese, 1898-1972

Here Itô Shinsui pays homage to Vincent van Gogh’s painting Wheat Field with a Lark (1887). He zoomed in on one section of the field and emphasized the approaching storm—barely visible in the painted image—by covering the sky with a mixture of grays printed in layers, a technical feat in its own right.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Ito Shinsui
Title: Before the Storm
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.: 1915–1925
Medium: Color woodblock print
Dimensions: 32.9 × 23.8 cm (13 × 9 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Oliver Statler
Reference Number: 1974.533

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