Poéme No. 8: Season of Butterfly

Arts of Asia

1948

Onchi Kōshirō
Japanese, 1891-1955

Onchi Kōshirō printed the cloud-like blue shapes in this work by using paper to lay down the ink, and the gray wash was spread on the surface with cloth. He created the butterfly with a woodblock and the leaf is the impression of an actual leaf. The “clouds” vary in size from one edition to another, suggesting that Onchi used different pieces and even different types of paper to improve his compositions as he worked on different versions of the same image.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Onchi Kōshirō
Title: Poéme No. 8: Season of Butterfly
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.: 1948
Medium: Woodblock and object print
Dimensions: 40.1 × 35.2 cm (15 13/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Reference Number: 1979.627

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