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Fisherman

1906

Fisherman
The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0

Yamamoto Kanae

Material / technique
woodcut
Attribution / role
Collection / source
The Cleveland Museum of Art

Artwork notes

Artist-wide context

His 1904 Fisherman became an early landmark for artists who wanted to take charge of making their own prints.

Materials, marks and colour

Artist-wide context; individual works may differ.

Media and surface

Carving and printing turn a drawn observation into a repeatable image.

Marks and structure

Visible knife marks can describe both a person and the light around them.

Palette and light

Black-and-white force and coloured printing offered different ways to simplify a view.

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