Medium: Color relief print with embossing Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (Blocks) 9 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (Sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: Japanese, 1924 - 2000 Date finished: 1975 Edition: 60/204
#53170
Medium: Relief print with chine-collé Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Japanese, 1926 Date of impression: 1973 Edition: 85/100 Condition: Faint toning.
#28033
Medium: Color relief print Dimensions: 4 x 4 1/8 inches (block) 5 x 5 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: Japanese, 1924 - 2000 Date finished: 1970s
#51914
Medium: Color relief print Dimensions: 4 x 4 inches (block) 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: Japanese, 1924 - 2000 Date: 1972 Edition: 151 Reference: HM #399
Recommended by Rebecca (Gallery Associate):
Haku Maki was an incredibly innovative printmaker, adding cement to the foundation of the printing matrix after cutting his woodblocks. This unique craft puts his work in conversation with contemporary printmakers such as Carol Summers (American, 1925 - 2016), or in tandem with Hiroyuki Tajima (Japanese, 1911 - 1984) who also used cement, or Glen Alps (American, 1914 - 1996) who used household paint additives such as ground walnut shells and Durham's Rock Hard Putty. Haku Maki's small prints from around 1960, like this one, were abstractions of Kanji characters. Using a thicker paper in 1963, helped captured the deeper embossing and accentuated the sculptural and textural qualities. His small prints are gems with dashes of color.
Medium: Color relief print with embossing Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 3 5/8 inches (block) 6 x 4 1/4 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: Japanese, 1924 - 2000 Date finished: 1970s
Recommended by Paige (Collections Manager / Marketing Coordinator):
A humble, small piece, this work by Haku Maki is magical to me. It shows an amazing knowledge of the simple things. The embossing is subtle but complex and reminds us how much can be done just within the paper even before adding anything on top of it. The graphics are clear and uncomplicated but looking at the passages where the color opens to the white paper, or the richness of the indigo ink and shimmer of silver, there is so much to enjoy. A complex little poem in itself.
Medium: Color relief print with embossing Dimensions: 3 7/8 x 3 7/8 inches (block) 5 x 5 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: Japanese, 1924 - 2000 Date finished: 1970s Edition: 1/200 Condition: Trace of foxing.
#51907
Medium: Color relief print with embossing Dimensions: 4 x 4 inches (block) 4 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: Japanese, 1924 - 2000 Date finished: 1970s Condition: Trace of foxing at edge of margins.
#51902
Medium: Color relief print with embossing Dimensions: 3 7/8 x 3 7/8 inches (block) 5 x 5 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: Japanese, 1924 - 2000 Date finished: 1970s Edition: of 175
#51899
Medium: Color relief print Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Japanese, 1924 - 2000 Date finished: 1972 Edition: 56/202 Condition: Slight discoloration at outer edge of margin.
#50140
