Fruits of Clover by Yozo Hamaguchi
Fruits of Clover
Yozo Hamaguchi
Title
Fruits of Clover
Artist
Yozo Hamaguchi
1909 - 2000 (biography)Year
1957
Technique
mezzotint
Image Size
11 1/2 x 11 9/16" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
44 of 50
Annotations
Reference
"M. Gallery", Tokyo - MCR58; Vorpal 1990, plate 22
Paper
ivory Rives wove
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
TOPE112
Price
$5,000.00
Description
Yozo Hamaguchi focused on simple manmade or natural objects for many of his mezzotint composition allowing the viewer to rethink their relationship to an object or perhaps see its beauty and delicacy for the first time.
Fruits of Clover is a monochromic still life but Hamaguchi added intrigue by changing the picture plane. The vase in the foreground is viewed straight on while the textured porcelain cup and dark pipe are tipped at angles, allowing the viewer a partial glimpse into their circular chambers. With the technique of mezzotint, the artist works from dark to light having to educe his subject out of rich blackness. Hamaguchi mastered the tonal possibilities of gray, using it here as both color and highlight.