Hearth
Hearth
by Hatsuyama Shigeru, c. 1940s
by Hatsuyama Shigeru, c. 1940s
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IHL Cat. #618
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About This Print
About This Print
A magazine and book illustrator and printmaker, the artist Hatsuyama Shigeru created a number of woodblock prints featuring children at play (see below images), including this charming image of five children gathered around a hearth. The artist uses blue ai pigment (a deep indigo color) as the background and gives us several perspectives at once. As with all of Hatsuyama's children prints the rendering of the children captures the mischievous, innocent and serious aspects of their nature.
Hatsuyama Shigeru (1897-1973)
Child with Radish on Head, 20th century
Print, Color woodcut (book cover),
Image:9 7/16 x 11 9/16 in. (24x29.4 cm)
Paper: 9 11/16x13 in. (24.6x33 cm)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.80.217.53)
Hatsuyama Shigeru (1897-1973)
Contest in Making Faces, 20th century
Print, Color woodcut
Image:8 3/4x12 7/16 in. (22.3x31.6 cm)
Paper:10 1/16x13 5/8 in. (25.6x34.6 cm)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.80.217.52)
Hatsuyama Shigeru (1897-1973
Contest in Pinching Noses, c. 1956*
Other Title: Kanji : つまみくらべ
Carver: Self carved
Printer: Self printed
Medium: Color woodblock print Dimensions:10 11/16 x 12 5/8 in. (27.2 x 32 cm)
Honolulu Art Academy (19240)
* also dated 1952 by other sources
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