Medusa, from the portfolio Girisha shinwa (Greek Mythology)
Hagiwara Hideo, Medusa, from the portfolio Girisha shinwa (Greek Mythology), 1965, woodblock print on paper, The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection, © unknown, research required, 81.81.615
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- Title
Medusa, from the portfolio Girisha shinwa (Greek Mythology)
- Related Titles
original language; inscribed: メデューサ Medusa
portfolio (original language): ギリシャ神話
portfolio (translated): Greek Mythology
portfolio (transliterated): Girisha shinwa
- Artist
- Date
1965
- Period
Japan: Shōwa period (1926-1989)
- Medium
woodblock print on paper
- Edition
12/50
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 21 3/4 in x 14 7/8 in; sheet: 23 7/8 in x 17 5/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
edition: 12/50, graphite, bottom margin, right Language: English
title: メデューサ / Medusa, graphite, bottom margin, center Transliteration: Medusa / Medusa Language: Japanese; English
signature: hideo hagiwara, graphite, bottom margin, left
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Modern Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection
- Accession Number
81.81.615
- Copyright
© unknown, research required
- Terms
While he took inspiration for much of his work from traditional Japanese themes, Hagiwara traveled extensively and embraced Western influences as well. These black-and-white images [see also Related Artwork 90.40.11] from the artist's forty-two print Greek Mythology portfolio look similar to Pablo Picasso's etchings of Greek mythological figures from the 1930s.
- Exhibitions
2018 Three Masters of Abstraction: Hagiwara Hideo, Ida Shōichi, and Takahashi Rikio Portland Art Museum
