Venus and Adonis, from the portfolio Girisha shinwa (Greek Mythology)
Hagiwara Hideo, Venus and Adonis, from the portfolio Girisha shinwa (Greek Mythology), 1966, woodblock print on paper, Gift of John Henry Rock, © unknown, research required, 90.40.11
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- Title
Venus and Adonis, from the portfolio Girisha shinwa (Greek Mythology)
- Related Titles
original language; inscribed: ヴィナスとアドニス Venus and Adonis
portfolio (original language): ギリシャ神話
portfolio (translated): Greek Mythology
portfolio (transliterated): Girisha shinwa
transliterated: Winasu to Adonisu, Venus and Adonis
- Artist
- Date
1966
- Period
Japan: Shōwa period (1926-1989)
- Medium
woodblock print on paper
- Edition
12/50
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 15 3/16 in x 21 in; sheet: 17 7/8 in x 23 13/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
edition: 12/50, graphite, bottom margin, right
title: ヴィナスとアドニス / Venus and Adonis, graphite, bottom margin, center Transliteration: Winasu to Adonisu / Venus and Adonis 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
Gift of John Henry Rock
- Accession Number
90.40.11
- 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 81.81.615] 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