Ikki Mitsuhashi
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A jackfruit standing on its end with a plumeria branch and two white flowers rising from it, in black and white

Artist's edition · M no. 102 of 150

Ledger no. TR-39 · Monochrome

Weight and Bloom

What is heavy still flowers.

¥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

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

At the bottom of the frame sits a jackfruit, dark and heavy, its skin rough with countless small points. From its top rises a single thin stem, and at the very end of it a few leaves and a white flower open into the light.

The contrast is almost startling. Everything below is weight: dense, dark, bound to the ground. Everything above is lightness: a slender line, a pale bloom that seems barely to touch the air. And yet they are not two separate things. The flower is lifted by what lies beneath it.

It is tempting to wish our burdens away — the heavy years, the responsibilities we carry, the things we cannot put down. But perhaps, without them, there would be nothing to stand on. What we carry is also what raises us.

Even the heaviest life can hold up a flower.

Paper

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
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 (B&W/S) · L: 50 · XL: 100 (B&W/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).