The Stone Garden
Artist
Kawanishi Hide
(Japanese, 1894 – 1965)
Date1960
PeriodShōwa period (1926–1989)
CultureJapanese
MediumWoodblock print: ink and color on paper with embossing
ClassificationPrints
ProvenanceChuck and Robin Citrin, n.d. - 2018; donated to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2018 - present.
Credit LineGift of Charles and Robyn Citrin, 2018
Object numberSN11630.2
Kawanishi Hide’s stark design celebrates the elegant minimalism of a Japanese stone garden. In a visual pun, he used blind printing (<italics>karazuri</italics>), whereby a carved block is impressed without ink to create an image in relief, to represent the patterns raked into the white gravel. Under grazing light, the tranquil garden is brought to life by the subtle play of light and shadow.
On View
On viewLocation
- Center for Asian Art, 2nd floor, Chao Gallery, wall, west
Collections
Image: 13 × 18 7/8 in. (33 × 47.9 cm)
Frame: 20 × 28 in. (50.8 × 71.1 cm)
Matt: 14 × 19 1/4 in. (35.6 × 48.9 cm)
