About This Print
The seventh in a group of over fifty prints carrying the title "Op." (opus or "work"), followed by a number, created by Nonaka in the mid-1970s. This body of work employs curvilinear forms and pastel colors.
The artist notes, "I have been interested in color surfaces since I was a child, and my basic attitude is to create my own world with my own sensibility, which is different from minimal art and American abstract expressionism."1
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Print Details
| Â IHL Catalog | Â #2174 |
| Â Title | Â Op. 7 |
| Â Series | Â Opus |
|  Artist |  Nonaka Mitsumasa (b. 1949) |
|  Signature | Mitsumasa Nonaka in pencil  |
| Â Seal of the artist | Â  a hand-drawn mark to the right of the date, possibly an "M"Â |
| Â Date | Â February 6, 1976 "76.2.6" |
| Â Edition | Â first and only edition (34/53) |
| Â Publisher | Â likely self-published |
| Â Carver | Â self-carved |
| Â Printer | Â self-printed |
| Â Impression | Â excellent |
| Â Colors | Â excellent |
|  Condition |  excellent |
| Â Genre | Â sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Â Miscellaneous | |
| Â Format | Â |
| Â H x W Paper | Â 12 x 17 1/4 in. (30.5 x 43.8 cm) |
| Â H x W Image | Â 10 3/4 x 15 11/16 in. (27.3 x 39.8 cm) |
| Â Collections This Print | |
| Â Reference Literature | Â |
6/29/2021 created
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