Untitled

Untitled

Hideo Hagiwara

1965

ink

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This print shows a dark, rough surface with scattered rocks and a few bright, flat colors—blue, green, and orange—splashed across it. The background looks textured, almost like bark or cracked earth, with a thin blue line at the bottom. The colors stand out sharply against the dark tones. The artist used woodcut, a printmaking method where the image is carved into wood and inked. The bold colors and rough texture give it a simple but striking look. Look up woodcut to see how this technique works.

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