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Haku MakiPoem 70-82
$485
£372.61
€428.12
CA$682.21
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About the Item
This work is immediately recognizable as the work of Haku Maki (1924-2000). It is one of his well-known abstract compositions. The print is in very good condition, with no flaws noted on the surface. There is some very, very light toning in the margins, barely visible only under bright light.
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.
Source: “The Life and Works of Haku Maki", by Daniel Tretiak
- Creator:Haku Maki (1924 - 2000, Japanese)
- Dimensions:Height: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)Width: 7.25 in (18.42 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
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- Condition:The print is in very good condition, with no flaws noted on the surface. There is some very, very light toning in the margins, barely visible only under bright light.
- Gallery Location:San Francisco, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: PM10222020-11stDibs: LU66636941932
Haku Maki
Maki Haku is the artistic name of Maejima Tadaaki, who was born in Ibaraki Prefecture. He was a sōsaku-hanga artist in the 20th century. During World War II, he 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. In 1962, he started adding texture to his prints. In 1965, he began embossing designs into an unprinted paper by using a press to transfer a design created in cement on a carved plywood board and then adding color with stencils. Maki Haku participated in the Tokyo International Print Biennale in 1957–60. 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 in Boston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Philadelphia Museum of Art are among the public collections holding prints by Maki Haku.
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