A Single Star

One star, at the centre.

¥43,000approx. $271 · €243

L · 420 × 594 mm · Canson Edition Etching Rag · Hand-signed by the artist

Charged in Japanese yen. Other currencies are estimates at today's rate.

Edition pricing: each edition's price rises 7% after every 10 prints sold, so earlier numbers cost less.

Sizes

S297 × 420 mm¥27,00050 remaining · Edition 50M364 × 515 mm¥33,00049 remaining · Edition 150L420 × 594 mm¥39,00050 remaining · Edition 50XL18 × 24 in¥45,00039 remaining · Edition 100

30mm side margins · Balanced artist presentation top and bottom, with generous lower space reserved for signature and edition number

Each print is centred on the sheet with a fixed side margin, and a deeper lower margin reserved for the signature and edition number. M and XL match the two sizes the artist printed himself and continue his original edition numbers; S and L are new editions of 50 beginning at no. 1.

Story

The leaves fan out in every direction — long, serrated, certain of themselves — and at the exact centre of all that reach, a single white flower opens. It is small. It would be easy to miss. And yet the whole photograph is arranged around it.

The column is pale and unremarkable; the wall is the colour of morning. Nothing competes. The agave's blades draw the eye outward and the flower draws it back, and the picture lives in that quiet tug between the two.

There are people like this: not loud, not large, but somehow the point around which everything else finds its place. The photograph does not insist on the comparison. It simply leaves the flower where it is, and lets the eye return.

Paper

Canson Edition Etching RagMatte · 310 gsm · Medium-rough · WhiteHahnemühle German Etching / Photo RagMatte · 310 gsm · Medium-rough / smooth · WhiteTakeo KakitaMatte · 300 gsm · Smooth · Warm White

A 100% cotton mould-made paper whose surface is comparable to traditional etching paper. Faithful to texture and detail.

For printing on a specific paper, feel free to order on request or contact us at info@ikkimitsuhashi.com.

Signature

Hand-signed by the artist+ ¥4,000 · adds about one weekUnsignedFacsimile-free, certificate included

Sheet: 420 × 594 mm
Image area: 311.5 × 396 mm
Margins: sides 30 mm · top 81.5 mm · bottom 116.5 mm

Next number to be issued: 1 / 50

Details

Medium: Archival pigment print (giclée)
Paper: Canson Edition Etching Rag · Hahnemühle German Etching / Photo Rag · Takeo Kakita
Edition: S: 50 · M: 150 (C/S) · L: 50 · XL: 100 (C/L)Numbers already sold in the artist's original edition are recorded in the ledger and never reissued.
Certificate of authenticity: Included with every print, bilingual, numbered
Shipping: Domestic about 7 days (10–14 days signed). International about 2 weeks (2–3 weeks signed).
Master: Master file is a CMYK press separation (EQ_WCP3 profile). Converted to sRGB via the embedded profile for the web; the lab must test-print from a converted RGB file before sale.