Written in the Air

Black lines drawn around white 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

S297 × 420 mm¥27,00050 remaining · Edition 50M364 × 515 mm¥33,00080 remaining · Edition 80L420 × 594 mm¥39,00050 remaining · Edition 50XL18 × 24 in¥45,00049 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

Six pale anthuriums stand in a white vase, each with a crimson throat, and around them black stems loop out into the empty space and back.

The flowers alone would be a pleasant, symmetrical thing. The black lines undo that. They swing wide, cross one another, and end in mid-air without arriving anywhere — drawing, not arranging.

What is written is not legible, and was never meant to be. It is the movement of a hand that kept going after the sentence was finished.

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 × 396.1 mm
Margins: sides 30 mm · top 81.4 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: 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).