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
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #2174 |
| Title | Op. 7 |
| Series | Opus |
| Artist | Nonaka Mitsumasa (b. 1949) |
| Signature | Mitsumasa Nonaka in pencil  |
| Seal of the artist |  a hand-drawn mark to the right of the date, possibly an "M" |
| Date | February 6, 1976 "76.2.6" |
| Edition | first and only edition (34/53) |
| Publisher | likely self-published |
| Carver | self-carved |
| Printer | self-printed |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 12 x 17 1/4 in. (30.5 x 43.8 cm) |
| H x W Image | 10 3/4 x 15 11/16 in. (27.3 x 39.8 cm) |
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| Reference Literature |
6/29/2021 created
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