Collection Online as of January 19, 2021
Bare Branches (Chiryu)
Jun'ichiro Sekino
(Japanese, 1914-1988)
Color woodcut
Sheet: 27.6 x 22.5 cm (10 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.); Image: 7.7 x 10.2 cm (3 1/16 x 4 in.)
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.580
Location
not on view
Description
Sekino focused on the harmony of poetic spirit and technique,
which he considered essential to woodcuts. His simplified
representational style reflects his interest in the distillation
of the geometric and organic shapes that give the Japanese
landscape its characteristic flavor.