Two Lotus Leaves

Two leaves, one stem, one silence.

¥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¥33,00076 remaining · Edition 80L420 × 594 mm¥39,00050 remaining · Edition 50XL18 × 24 in¥45,00047 remaining · Edition 50

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

Two lotus leaves grow from a single stem. One opens high above, turned upward like a cup held out to the sky. The other lies low, flat against the ground, facing us quietly.

At first they seem to be two separate things — one reaching up, one resting below. But follow the stem and you see that they are joined. The leaf above could not rise without the one beneath holding steady. And the leaf below, in its turn, is carried upward in the other's reaching.

It is not hard to see a family in this: a parent who stays close to the earth so that a child may grow toward the light. Or two people who chose different paths and yet remain, underneath it all, rooted in the same place. Neither has to look up at the other, nor down. They are simply two parts of one life.

What reaches for the sky is always held by what stays close to the ground.

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: 267 × 339.4 mm
Margins: sides 30 mm · top 109.8 mm · bottom 144.8 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: 80 (C/S) · L: 50 · XL: 50 (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).