Haku Maki - Collection A
Title: Collection A. Ed. 80/205.
Artist: Haku Maki (1924-2000).
Signed: Pencil - Haku Maki. Circa. 1977.
Medium: Embossed Woodblock Print.
Image Size: Paper Size: Width: 46.25cm x Height: 19.00cm (Each square triptych image approx 12.75cm x 12.75cm).
Condition: Excellent. Image faces clean and sharp. Minor creasing/wrinkle to upper & lower right corner. Please refer to photos / Contact for any further questions & condition report.
Notes: Series: Collection (1977-Late 1980’s). An elaborately coloured, embossed, and textured series conveying the simple beauty of traditional Japanese chawan, tokkuri, & gui vessels. Maki’s printmaking and series of prints during this period arguably display Maki’s sharpest use & mastery of texture and colour - clearly reflecting the tactile elegance of these cultural items. Kanji designs and compositional “splashes” concluded - however images are occasionally adorned with kanji strokes and additional seals as a means to offer description and achieve balance in his composition. Maki’s ceramic & pottery prints were produced across two periods:
1977-1980: Entitled Collection and titled in simple series/alphabetically.
1983-Late 1980’s: Continued the series together with varying sub-themed runs entitled Tokkuri & Gui for example, following intermittent years of believed poor health. Prints returned to Maki’s numbering/catalogue system as typical to previous work.
