Catalog: Fine Art: Prints (14)

Haku Maki's print Maki Poem 69-66 78 of 154

Guest Note Poem 69 - 47 Da Yu Ding xx

Japan Festive Wine the book B xx

Japan Festive Wine the book A xx

Haku Maki Poem-j 1966 seal script according to Robert Craft great condition Japan Haku Maki Big Yellow This lovely yellow print was created in 1970 It reveals two seal script characters of the Song dynasty This is the only copy ever seen It is in great condition

In 1966 Haku Maki produced one of his many abstract series. He did Cell and he did Proportion Here I show Proportion 10 the white strokes appear against a beautiful yellow background . Above the strokes is a white Sun. Wow there are two Maki seals one at the top right and another at the lower left There is a red splash in the center .two images f Proportion 9 are added where are Proportion 1 through 8? 43/50

Poem S, B This small and unpretentious print was a sleeper. Whoever sold it knew not what he had Indeed neither did I until well after it came here in Beijing. It is a very rare 1968 Maki print. Not 967 and not 1969. It has the kanji for Rope in the center and that is placed on a subtle but firmly done kanji for STONE - but the kanji is in there ass backwards. The correct rendering is in image 5...

teaching example board wrapped in thin paper last 2 images seller claims this is from Oakland Museum seller claims it is signed by Maki the writing and the date are NOT Maki style Maki did the print but did he sign it? did he sign this "painting" friend doubts Oakland Museum and Maki would not have meshed

it is `` U `` no meaning. Just one of ``Hiragana``, It is like two brush strokes piercing the space, leaving a trace of itself before coming to the bottom of the paper. It has but one splash across the top and a red tear along the side and then: Whoosh it goes as in the red image at the bottom there is one sun at the outer edge of the stroke and two moons inside the curving stroke Not so simple after all. Print needs a cleaning

work 73-5 snowman

Maki Poem 616 earluy print still with single layer of paper. The image is of a Bird and Moon. This print has been fully restored

Haku Maki was a Japanese print master of the late 20th century His prints at the time this one was published were strong on the use of kanji and abstract designs s as shown he. In this case; the design is abstract, it show archaic images which we are trying to understand here the print is large well designed and carried off. The seller Ashley Brasca of Winnipeg Canada wrote to me about this print: “It is special because of the texture and physical quality achieved on the surface...

these are three images of a very rarely seen Maki series the Drop series all 3 have been restored drop 3 is not mine; frame 12

In 1971 Haku Maki produced this large print, poem 71-25 It was an edition of 100. This new arrival was produced in Tokyo and went ultimately to Florida in the US. It stayed there for a long time. In the course of its life there it was not treated nicely: It was folded in two places. The print had foxing, it had many ailments. Then it finally made it to my restorer. It had challenges there too: some liquid spilled on it, forcing a delay in the restoration process...