<b>SLOPE</b> / Tadashige Ono20th Century<b>SOLD</b></em>
ARTIST: Tadashige Ono (1909-1990)
TITLE: Slope
MEDIUM: Woodblock print
DATE: Undated
DIMENSIONS: 9 1/8 x 6 1/4 inches
CONDITION: Excellent, no problems to note
SOLD
ARTIST: Tadashige Ono (1909-1990)
TITLE: Slope
MEDIUM: Woodblock print
DATE: Undated
DIMENSIONS: 9 1/8 x 6 1/4 inches
CONDITION: Excellent, no problems to note
SOLD
ARTIST: Tadashige Ono (1909-1990)
TITLE: Slope
MEDIUM: Woodblock print
DATE: Undated
DIMENSIONS: 9 1/8 x 6 1/4 inches
CONDITION: Excellent, no problems to note
SOLD
Details
Ono Tadashige was a prominent sosaku hanga artist and scholar of 20th-century Japanese prints. Ono’s early prints were deeply rooted in the social-critical movement of German expressionism and the art trend dominating within Russia and among critical intellectual circles in China. Ono’s later work saw a lessened proletarian engagement, but the artist’s interest in cityscapes and the newly industrialized face of Japan remained a constant theme throughout his career.
In this dynamic design, Ono’s distinctive thick black lines construct a narrow corridor, where a street splits into two, providing a choice of direction for two cars that populate this isolated road. Besides a tight composition, Ono’s choice of colors, particularly the grainy and inconsistent printing effects on the road, lend themselves to support the artist’s main intended effect—a precarious sense of movement down a narrow slope.
Connoisseur's Note
This work is in excellent condition and retains the original backing sheet used by the artist to title, date, and sign his work.