Poéme No. 11: Spring

Description

In this print the artist juxtaposed floral lace with a mass of string and a woodblock image of a butterfly. The artist combined representational imagery (the butterfly) and forms made through gesture (the impression of the string) in order to capture both the sights and the energy of spring.

Poéme No. 11: Spring

Onchi Kōshirō

1950

Accession Number

16158

Medium

Woodblock and object print

Dimensions

51 × 38.9 cm (20 1/8 × 15 3/8 in.)

Classification

woodblock print

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Arenberg