Hydrangea and Swallow, from an untitled series of large flowers
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Dimensions
- 26.1 × 38.5 cm (10 1/4 × 15 in.)
- Origin
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Holding institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image provider
- art-institute-chicago
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Subject Matter
Visual Qualities
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Dense Composition Visual · 93%
The blossoms and foliage form a crowded, overlapping cluster across the lower and central portions of the horizontal sheet, contrasted with a large open yellow field.
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Patterns Visual · 97%
Repeated, individually outlined petals create conspicuous surface patterning across the hydrangea flower heads.
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Asymmetrical Visual · 97%
The floral branch and clusters are distributed unevenly across the sheet, while the isolated swallow occupies the upper-right area, producing an asymmetrical layout.
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Contour Line Visual · 96%
Dark outlines define the petals, leaves, stems, and bird against broad areas of relatively flat color.
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Flatness Visual · 95%
The image relies on broad, relatively unmodulated areas of yellow, cream, green-black, pink, and blue-gray rather than modeled atmospheric depth.
Medium and Techniques
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 99%
The museum record classifies the work as a color woodblock print.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The museum dates the print to approximately 1833/34, within the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Both · 98%
The work originated in Japan, is identified in the museum record as Japanese in culture or style, and visibly uses flattened color areas, strong contouring, and an asymmetrical natural composition associated with Japanese woodblock prints.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Hydrangea and Swallow, from an untitled series of large flowers. The Art Institute of Chicago.