The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

Quickening

1981

Kazuhisa Honda

(Japanese, 1948-)
Japan
color mezzotint on Rives BFK paper
Overall: 15 x 17.7 cm (5 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
Gift of Ray W. Clarke in memory of Donald E. Kendziora 1996.18.3
Location: Not on view

Description

Honda is one of the main heirs to Hamaguchi's advances in mezzotint, but he has added his own dimension to the technique, expanding the use of color. His style and often eerie, surrealistic imagery also show a departure from the elder artist's approach to subject matter.
  • East Meets West: Tradition and Innovation in Modern Japanese Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 19-May 28, 2000).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; March 19 - May 28, 2000. "East Meets West: Tradition and Innovation in Modern Japanese Prints."
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