Iris and Grasshopper, from an untitled series of large flowers
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Dimensions
- 26.6 × 39.3 cm (10 1/4 × 15 1/2 in.)
- Origin
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Holding institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image provider
- art-institute-chicago
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Gift of Mr. Gaylord Donnelley
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Flora Both · 99%
Iris blossoms and their distinctive sword-shaped leaves dominate the image, and the catalog title identifies the subject as iris.
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Animals Metadata · 97%
The catalog title explicitly identifies a grasshopper, although the small insect cannot be independently located with certainty in the supplied image.
Visual Qualities
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Dense Composition Visual · 95%
Iris blossoms and overlapping leaves densely occupy the lower and central portions of the sheet, while the upper ground remains comparatively open.
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Linear Forms Visual · 97%
Long leaves, petal contours, veins, and repeated parallel hatch-like marks create a prominent network of directional lines.
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Asymmetrical Visual · 93%
The plant forms are distributed unevenly across the horizontal sheet, with varied leaf directions and substantial open space at upper right.
Medium and Techniques
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Prints Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a print and identifies its medium as a color woodblock print.
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 96%
The supplied medium is explicitly a color woodblock print; woodcut-and-linocut is the closest listed technique category for this process.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The displayed date is c. 1833/34, within the catalog date range of 1827–1839.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies Japan as the place of origin and describes the style as Japanese culture or style.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Iris and Grasshopper, from an untitled series of large flowers. The Art Institute of Chicago.