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Plum Blossom Viewing At Night, After Harunobu (2012)
By Vik Muniz
Digital c-print; number one from an edition of five plus one artist’s proof
Signed and dated ‘Vik Muniz 2012’ (on a paper label affixed to the reverse)
Size: 156.2 x 100.3 centimetres (61.5 x 39.5 inches)
Estimated price: $15,000-20,000
During the Edo period (1603-1868) Japan experienced continued economic growth and social change. The era was characterised by an increasing national interest in arts and culture. Popular topics from literature and poems were depicted in woodblock prints. The artist Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770), a Japanese illustrator, bookmaker and printer was a central figure in developing the art of ukiyoe (pictures of the floating world) woodblock printmaking during the mid-Edo period. Continue reading