HAKU MAKI SIGNED AND NUMBERED JAPANESE PRINT EXCELLENT CONDITION 18 X 18

Description: Print is by Japanese artist Haku Maki numbered 39/156and signed in pencil on bottom margin right and affixed with his red seal. Title: Poem 71-101 (moon)Excellent condition18 x 18 size Haku Maki (1924 – 2000) was a Japanese artist of the second half of the 20th century. He first made his name and his living by producing prints featuring Chinese characters (kanji). His life as an artist dates from the mid-1950s, when the earliest known Maki prints began appearing.Haku Maki was born in Aso-machi in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1924, as Maejima Tadaaki. In the late 1950s, he selected the name Haku Maki to show his humility and self-styled confusion. If translated literally, "Maki" is Roll, "Haku" is White. The Yoseido Gallery in Tokyo is an important source of prints. In the US, there are fine collections of Maki prints:The Ren Brown Collection and Scriptum Gallery(both in northern California) are strong, as are The Brandt Collection, Azuma Gallery, Frank Castle’s Castle Fine Arts, Petrie Rogers Asian Fine Art and Antiques, Floating World Gallery, and James Main Fine Art. There is also Galerie am Haus der Kunst in Munich, Germany. Some museums have good collections—these include Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Portland Art Museum, Cincinnati Museum of Art, and the Cleveland Art Museum. Maki began making prints in the late 1950s and continued until 1999. When Maki added 23/125 we know it is the 23rd print of a total run of 125. It was Maki’s style to depict a main image with an embossed technique. Then Maki added a title and a number identifying the number of the print in the run, then affixed his red seal (chop) and signed off in English in pencil. In his earliest works he used a single sheet of paper but by 1963 he had begun to use a double sheet. This thicker paper made it possible to do better embossed, highly textured works. In their hey day Maki’s prints look sharp and modern—even as the themes are all pre-modern. For the safety of the artwork in shipping, it is sold without the frame. The glass in frames has a tendency to break, so it is best shipped without the frame.If you prefer, for $80 extra, I will have the glass changed to plexiglass and ship in frame. Shipping cost will also be more as framed signed print will be much heavier.

Price: 350 USD

Location: Framingham, Massachusetts

End Time: 2025-01-20T20:22:08.000Z

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