Yozo Hamaguchi Still-life Prints
Japanese, 1909-2000
Yozo Hamaguchi, printmaker, was born in Wakayama, Japan in 1909, the son of Gihei, who was the tenth president of the soy sauce producer Yamasa Shoyu. Originally considered to be the next in line to take over the company, Hamaguchi was instead drawn to visual arts, inspired by the works that his father, a Nanga painting collector, kept throughout the house. In 1927 Hamaguchi left the family business to enroll in the Tokyo Art School, training in sculpture. He left the school in 1930 and moved to France on the advice of artist Umehara Ryuzaburo, opting to study modern Western art and the techniques of oil painting, printmaking, and watercolor. He lived there until 1939, becoming acquainted with leading international artists and luminaries, including the writer e.e. cummings who was instrumental in introducing him to mezzotint printmaking.
With the outbreak of World War II, Hamaguchi returned once more to Japan. There he met artist Keiko Minami, whom he would later marry. Throughout the 1940s he established himself as a pioneering mezzotint artist, often credited with introducing the medium to his birthplace. His style - graphic, subtle, and primarily in a monochromatic palette - gained widespread popularity throughout Europe and, in 1951, he held his first solo exhibition at the Formes Gallery in Tokyo. Around 1953 Hamaguchi and Minami returned to France, settling in Paris and, in 1954, he became a member of the Salon d'Automne. That same year he won the Best Art Piece prize at the Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan. In 1955 he began experimenting with color as well as abstraction, retaining his refined tonality, to acclaim from critics, artists, and institutions. He won the Grand Prize of the International Printmaking Division at the San Paolo Biennial in 1957, and that same year he participated in the first International Biennial Print Exhibition in Tokyo, where he won the National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo) Prize. In 1960 served as representative of the Japan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
Hamaguchi's compositions were usually the still life genre, simplifying the elements and suspending them against velvety grounds in a signature style that appealed strongly to western patrons. In 1961 Hamaguchi and Minami moved from Paris to San Francisco, California, where they lived until 1996. During this time, he was commissioned by the Olympic Committee to design the official poster for the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics and the following year he was given his first major retrospective in Japan at the Toyo Yurakucho Art Forum. Hamaguchi continued to work and exhibit his mezzotints until his retirement in 1993, leaving the printing of his plates to his publisher. He and Minami returned to Tokyo in 1996, and in 1998 the Musée Hamaguchi Yozo was established in Tokyo. Hamaguchi is credited as being among the many 20th century artists to help revive the 17th century intaglio technique, promoting mezzotint as a viable modern art form appropriate for the expressive genres of the time. His work has been exhibited in prominent museums & galleries worldwideto
1
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
4
124
116
72
51
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Artist: Yozo Hamaguchi
Grapes
By Yozo Hamaguchi
Located in Dallas, TX
épreuve d'artiste 2/5
Category
1950s Yozo Hamaguchi Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Related Items
Rio Osmarin (boats on the canal Rio de S. Provolo o de l'Osmarin, Venice)
By Judith Rothchild
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rio Osmarin shows boats on the canal Rio de S. Provolo o de l'Osmarin in Venice) It was created in 2006 and this impression is #31 of 75 It is signed, titled, numbered and dated by...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Yozo Hamaguchi Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Leaf
By Christine Ravaux
Located in New Orleans, LA
This image is #17 of an edition of 35
Born in Charleroi, Belgium, Ravaux is an artist who mirrors her surroundings in the mezzotints she creates. She has portrayed see more . . .
th...
Category
1990s Contemporary Yozo Hamaguchi Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Sewing Circles
By Carol Wax
Located in New Orleans, LA
A play on words provides the title for this image -- a circle created out of the deconstructed parts of Singer IV This image is #37 from an edition of only 50, referenced as Firos 78...
Category
1990s American Modern Yozo Hamaguchi Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
The Mountain
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Mezzotint print. Edition of 18, signed, titled and numbered by the artist.
Caulfield has exhibited his prints, drawings, installations and artist’s books extensively throughout Cana...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Yozo Hamaguchi Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
One Off Chanterelles No. 2
By Konstantin Chmutin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 30. Most of his mezzotints are tiny, and his subjects are the simplest of everyday objects: an egg, seashell, carrot, potatoes. Simil...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Yozo Hamaguchi Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Flowering Chestnut Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Castanea Equina, Chateignier amaire (Horse Chestnut)". It is plate 342 in...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Yozo Hamaguchi Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Flowering Bardana Daisy: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "A. Bardana Major Folio Non Serrato, Napoliere, B. Bdellifera Arbor, de Qu...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Yozo Hamaguchi Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Drapery Against Black
By Holly Downing
Located in New Orleans, LA
This black and white mezzotint is in an edition of 30. It is titled, numbered #1/30 and signed in pencil.
Holly Downing is a painter and printmaker who has been making mezzotint e...
Category
1980s Contemporary Yozo Hamaguchi Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Flowering Wild Bean Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "a. Phaseolus Americanus purgans, b. Phaseolus Brasilianus". It is plate 8...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Yozo Hamaguchi Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Scopes
By Carol Wax
Located in New Orleans, LA
The marriage between the art of science and the art of seeing was cemented by the invention of the lens. It is FIROS #48 in the catalogue raisonne.
Carol Wax originally trained to b...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Yozo Hamaguchi Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Flowering Sweet William Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "a. Caryophyllus Arborescens, b. Caryophyllus Barbatus". It is plate 327 i...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Yozo Hamaguchi Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Chair & rooftoop
By Robert Kipniss
Located in New York, NY
“Chair & rooftop” is a mezzotint engraving created by Robert Kipniss in 2015. Printed in an edition of 30 this impression is signed in pencil and inscribed "27/30." The paper size i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Yozo Hamaguchi Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Previously Available Items
Leaf - Mezzotint by Yozo Hamaguchi - 1967
By Yozo Hamaguchi
Located in Roma, IT
Rare original mezzotint realized by Yozo Hamaguchi in 1966.
Hamaguchi is considered as the 20th century Master of this technique.
Hand monogrammed lower right.
Very good conditions.
Category
1960s Minimalist Yozo Hamaguchi Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Yozo Hamaguchi still-life prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Yozo Hamaguchi still-life prints available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Yozo Hamaguchi in engraving, mezzotint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the minimalist style. Not every interior allows for large Yozo Hamaguchi still-life prints, so small editions measuring 2 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Takashi Murakami, Katsunori Hamanishi, and Tomoe Yokoi. Yozo Hamaguchi still-life prints prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,188 and tops out at $6,500, while the average work can sell for $4,344.