Haku Maki
Animal Song #3
c.1970

Name: Animal Song #3
Brand: Haku Maki
Price: 775 USD
Availability: InStock

$775

About

This artwork titled "Animal Song #3" is an original woodcut with embossing by Japanese artist Haku Maki, 1924-2000. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 39/50 in pencil by the artist, The block mark (Image) is 14.75 x 14.75 inches, framed size is 24 x 23.25 inches. Custom framed in a wooden black frame, with off white matting and black spacer. it is in excellent condition. Maki Haku (巻白, 1924–2000) is the artistic name of Maejima Tadaaki, who was born in Ibaraki Prefecture. He was a sōsaku-hanga artist in 20th Century Japan. During World War II, Maejima Tadaaki was trained as a kamikaze pilot in the Japanese air force, but the war ended before he was assigned a mission. Haku had no formal art training, but studied for two years with the sōsaku-hanga artist Onchi Kōshirō (1891–1955). Two unique qualities of Maki Haku prints are the textures achieved by working the designs in wet cement and the use of Kanji (Chinese characters) as design motifs. In 1962, he started adding texture to his prints. At first, he added texture to the entire sheet after it was printed. In 1965, he began embossing designs into unprinted paper by using a press to transfer a design created in cement on a carved plywood board, and then adding color with stencils. He distorted and rearranged the strokes of Chinese characters to produce striking and serene images. For example, Poem 71-91 is a highly stylized representation of the kanji 無, which is pronounced mu and means nothingness, an important concept in some forms of Buddhism. The artist participated in the Tokyo International Print Biennale in 1957 and 1960. The book Festive Wine: Ancient Japanese Poems from the Kinkafu is a translation of 21 ancient poems called Kinkafu or Music for Wagon Songs. The translation is accompanied by Maki Haku's prints that were made in 1968–69. The Art Institute of Chicago, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Museum of Modern Art (New York), and the Philadelphia Museum of Art are among the public collections holding prints by Haku Maki. Source: Wikipedia Exhibitions 1955-1990 - Exhibitions with Japanese Prints Association. 1957, 1959, 1960, 1970 - Tokyo International Biennales. 1967 - Venice International Biennale. 1967 - San Francisco Pavilion. Expo 1967 Montreal, Canada. from early 1960s - College Women of Japan Annual Print Show. ca. 1970 - Pistoia International Print Biennale, Italy. ca. 1970 - International Print Association, New York, USA. 1995, 1996 - Azuma Gallery, USA. 1991 - Kabutoya Gallery, San Francisco, USA. Collections of Haku Maki Art Works Prints by Haku Maki are in the possessions of the following museums: Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA. Honolulu Academy of Arts, USA. Art Institute of Chicago, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, San Francisco, USA. British Museum, London, UK. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA. Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA Cincinnati Art Museum, USA.

Details

Creator
Haku Maki (1924 - 2000, Japanese)
Creation Year
c.1970
Dimensions
Height: 24 in. (60.96 cm)Width: 23.25 in. (59.06 cm)Depth: 1.75 in. (4.45 cm)
Medium
Woodcut
Movement & Style
Abstract
Period
1970-1979
Condition
Gallery Location
San Francisco, CA
Reference Number
Seller: hak/mak/ani/011stDibs: LU66637095062
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