Product code: Mid-Century Signed Haku Maki store Embossed Woodblock Print “Ethoss” Number 62/201
This beautifully executed limited edition woodblock print is from the Japanese master Haku Maki (1924-2000). The abstract image is an interpretation of the Kanji ethoss meaning “mind, spirit, soul, or heart” Hand numbered (62/201) and signed by the artist. The print is in perfect condition store as it has been framed under glass since original purchase from gallery in the 70s or 80's. Frame measurement is 8” square. Haku Maki was born in Aso-machi in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1924, as Maejima Tadaaki. In the late 1950s, he selected the name Haku Maki to show his humility and self-styled confusion. If translated literally, "Maki" is Roll, "Haku" is White. It was Maki's style to depict a main image with an embossed technique. It is produced from a cement block into which Maki carved the image's design; the print was created from the cement block onto finely crafted paper.
This beautifully executed limited edition woodblock print is from the Japanese master Haku Maki (1924-2000). The abstract image is an interpretation of the Kanji ethoss meaning “mind, spirit, soul, or heart” Hand numbered (62/201) and signed by the artist. The print is in perfect condition store as it has been framed under glass since original purchase from gallery in the 70s or 80's. Frame measurement is 8” square. Haku Maki was born in Aso-machi in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1924, as Maejima Tadaaki. In the late 1950s, he selected the name Haku Maki to show his humility and self-styled confusion. If translated literally, "Maki" is Roll, "Haku" is White. It was Maki's style to depict a main image with an embossed technique. It is produced from a cement block into which Maki carved the image's design; the print was created from the cement block onto finely crafted paper.