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| Artist: | Ono Tadashige (1909-1990) — 小野忠重 |
| Title: | Birds in a Harbour — 港の鳥 |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1961 (in the decade of) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Self |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Aiban
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| Format (this edition): | Aiban |
| DB artwork code: | 45571 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title: Birds in Harbor
hand signed, limited edition
Artist Tadashige Ono 1909-1990
Description "Minato no Tori" (Birds in a Harbour).
Signature "T. Ono" is signed in red ink on the bottom right. "Tadashige Ono" is brush signed in ink on a sheet of paper and is pasted on the back of the print.
Dated 1961.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Edition of 30
Width Item 9.1 inches = 23.0 cm
Height Item 12.1 inches = 30.8 cm |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Title: Birds in Harbor
hand signed, limited edition
Artist Tadashige Ono 1909-1990
Description "Minato no Tori" (Birds in Harbor).
Tadashige Ono often used a very absorbent Japanese paper and painted it with dark dark background colors before applying woodblocks. This method rendered Ono's works the distinctive, gloomy, disquieting mood he preferred.
Signature "T. Ono" is signed in red ink on the bottom right. "Tadashige Ono" is brush signed in ink on a sheet of paper and is pasted on the back of the print.
Dated 1961.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Impression Carved and printed by the artist.
Colors Excellent - very good.
Condition Excellent - very good … Light creases as usual for his works.
Numbered 20 / 30
Width Item 9.1 inches = 23.0 cm
Height Item 12.1 inches = 30.8 cm |
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| Artist Bio: |
Tadashige Ono, 1909-1990
Tadashige Ono had studied art at the Hongo Painting Institute. He soon became an active member of the hanga movement and joined several associations. After world war II, he contributed to the Tokyo Print Biennale of 1957. He became professor at Tokyo University of Fina Arts and other art universities in Japan, published many books on printmaking and its history. The style of Tadashige Ono was strongly influenced by German expressionism.
Tadashige Ono often used a very absorbent Japanese paper and painted it with dark background colours before applying it to the woodblocks. This method rendered Ono's works with the distinctive, dark, disquieting mood he preferred. (from Artelino)
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