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Poéme No. 11: Spring by Onchi Kōshirō — VisualArtsDB

Poéme No. 11: Spring

Poéme No. 11: Spring

Onchi Kōshirō

1950

Medium: Woodblock and object print
Dimensions: 51 × 38.9 cm (20 1/8 × 15 3/8 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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woodblockprintasian artJapanese (culture or style)paper (fiber product)woodblock print

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In this print the artist juxtaposed floral lace with a mass of string and a woodblock image of a butterfly. The artist combined representational imagery (the butterfly) and forms made through gesture (the impression of the string) in order to capture both the sights and the energy of spring.

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