About This Print
Thickly applied and layered pigments give this abstract composition depth. Composition F is one of Hagiwara's most widely held works in American museums, with at least six museums listing this work in their collection. From 1958 to 1960, Hagiwara produced a number of abstract works titled "Composition" followed by a letter, including Composition B, Composition L, Composition M, Composition P, Composition Q, Composition Z . All of these works were "produced from roughly carved blocks printed to reveal the wood's uneven texture."1
1 website of Asian Art Museum Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture http://searchcollection.asianart.org/view/objects/asitem/Objects@10278/0;jsessionid=5458D27E3E83EA0EE026CA1D8BA8A077?t:state:flow=ba66095c-c452-41ac-bc77-b8da5706d6a3
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #2148 |
| Title or Description | Composition F (bottom margin) 作品F Sakuhin F |
| Series | |
| Artist | Hagiwara Hideo (1913 - 2007) |
| Signature |   萩原英雄 - ink or pencil signed by artist in Japanese in lower left margin |
| Seal | no seal |
| Publication Date | c. 1959 |
| Edition | 104 of 200 |
| Publisher | self-published |
| Carver | self-carved |
| Printer | self-printed |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - backed with cardboard |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 12 7/16 x 16 1/2 in. (31.6 x 41.9 cm) |
| H x W Image | 10 7/8 x 15 5/16 in. (27.6 x 38.9 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Los Angeles County Museum of Art M.2005.217.12; Smart Museum of Art The University of Chicago 2016.56; Honolulu Museum of Art 26875; Florida State University of Fine Arts (no reference number); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 1963.30.3062; Brooklyn Museum 59.183.1; Davison Art Center Wesleyan University 1959.10.1; Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium AC 1994.375 |
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6/18/2021 created
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