Parasol · TR-07
Artist's edition · M no. 102 of 150
Ledger no. TR-07 · Colour
Parasol
Shade, held up on a single stem.
¥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.
Story
A single lotus leaf opens at the top of a tall white column, its edges rippling like the hem of a parasol caught in a summer breeze.
It looks effortless — a green canopy floating in the air, light and almost playful. But a lotus leaf is not made to be lifted like this. It grows flat upon the water, resting on the surface of the pond. Here, something has raised it high, and in return it has opened itself as wide as it can.
It brings to mind the people who held an umbrella over us without our ever noticing. A parent walking a little behind in the rain. A friend who took the harder road so that ours would be gentler. We rarely see the column beneath; we only feel the shade.
To give shade to someone, you must first be willing to stand in the sun yourself.
- Sheet
- 420 × 594 mm
- Image area
- 311.5 × 396 mm
- Margins
- sides 30 mm · top 81.5 mm · bottom 116.5 mm
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).