Lyric No. 14 (Ode to the Spring)

Koshiro Onchi · 1951

This one's called Lyric No. 14 (Ode to the Spring) — a print by the Japanese artist Koshiro Onchi, nineteen fifty-one. A woodcut — cut into the plank so that everything left standing prints. It is the oldest printing method in this building. In the picture, look for the abstract shapes.

Medium Woodcut · Dimensions composition: 23 7/16 × 17 11/16" (59.5 × 45 cm); sheet: 23 9/16 × 17 11/16" (59.8 × 45 cm) · Credit Purchase

Hanging beside it in Gallery 516: Return 77-A, Shell

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Untitled (Study for The Inner World), Laocoön, Corn Leaf Rhythm, The Spring, Enak's Tears (Terrestrial Forms), Untitled