Dispassionateness

Accession Number
2008/2.167

Title
Dispassionateness

Artist(s)
Hideo Hagiwara

Object Creation Date
1961

Medium & Support
color woodcut on paper

Dimensions
26 1/2 in. x 17 5/8 in. ( 67.3 cm x 44.7 cm )

Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Seymour and Barbara K. Adelson

Label copy
Hagiwara Hideo
Japan, 1913–2007
Dispassionateness
1961
Color woodcut on paper
Gift of Dr. Seymour and Barbara K. Adelson, 2009/2.167
(Flip Your Field: Abstract Art from the Collection, June 9 – September 2, 2012, text by Celeste Brusati)

Subject matter
Hideo Hagiwara was an innovative artist that experimented with various woodcut techniques. One technique he used frequently was reverse printing. He would place a piece of paper onto an inked uncut piece of plywood. Before removing the paper he pressed a baren against it with enough pressure to pull the ink onto the other side of the paper creating texture in the print. He would then print on top of the paper with other wood blocks using more traditional methods. Reverse printing is most likely the method Hagiwara used to create Dispassionateness.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
Abstract (fine arts style)
color woodcuts
passion (emotion)
texture (artistic concept)

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