Landscape from Window, C
1966
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lithograph (zinc and stone) in ochre, violet and dark gray on German Etching paper
Dimensions
sheet: 36.7 x 53.3 cm (14 7/16 x 21 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith
Accession Number
1983.18.714
Art Historical Context
Masuo Ikeda's *Landscape from Window, C (1966) captures a serene yet abstracted view through a window frame, rendered in a lithograph using both traditional stone and modern zinc plates. Printed in subtle ochre, violet, and dark gray on fine German Etching paper (36.7 x 53.3 cm), this work exemplifies Ikeda's post-war Japanese print style, blending observation with modernist simplification. As part of his "Landscape from Window" series it reflects the artist's fascination with everyday vistas amid Japan's rapid urbanization in the 1960s, transforming ordinary scenes into poetic, tonal composit...