1865
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Untitled is a 1865 ink by Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎, a Romanticism work, depicting Bird, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a single black crow perched on a rough, rocky surface. The bird faces left, its feathers sharp and dark against the pale background. To the right, a small plant with thin stems peeks out near the edge. The crow’s beak and eye stand out clearly, while the rest of its body blends into the shadows. The artist used bold ink strokes to make the bird look almost three-dimensional. Next, check out Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 for more of his playful, expressive work.
Kawanabe Kyōsai (河鍋 暁斎; May 18, 1831 – April 26, 1889) was a Japanese painter and caricaturist. In the words of art historian Timothy Clark, "an individualist and an independent, perhaps the last virtuoso in traditional Japanese painting".
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