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International Post-war Minimalism
Ufan, Lee
A Cut Shot 3.
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189
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International Post-war Minimalism
Ufan, Lee
A Cut Shot 3.
See original version (German)
Estimate €850 - €1,000
Voluntary lot
Description
International Post-war
Minimalism
Ufan, Lee
A Cut Shot 3. 1978. Woodcut on Kozo washi handmade paper. 7.0 x 9.8 cm (10.9 x 14.5 cm). Signed in pencil. An excellent, rich hand-printed print using the Japanese baren technique, featuring partly bold, iridescent blacks and light open areas, along with the characteristic compression marks. The plate edge is complete. Within the inner field, the tone transitions to a light, grainy, translucent grey that allows the washi fibre structure to show through – evidence of a controlled, even Baren print. Full-edge with a hand-made edge. Impeccable.
Ars Publicata, Lee Ufan Editions, 13/101, 3 January 1978. – Lee Ufan, Print Works 1970–2019, Abe Shuppan, 2019, p. 56. - Published by Abe Shuppan, Tokyo. - Lee Ufan’s woodcut series *A Cut Shot* (1978), from his early work, employs a delicate sfumato that lies over the wood’s grain like a breathing veil, opening up a view into the depths of the material. At the same time, clear contour lines set precise boundaries to the flowing gradations of tone, so that the pictorial field oscillates between diffusion and demarcation. This tension between soft, almost painterly modulation and strictly drawn lines corresponds to Lee Ufan’s thinking in terms of relationships: It is not the subject, but the relationship between density and emptiness, between transition and intersection, that becomes visible. From an art-historical perspective, the series thus ties in with an East Asian-influenced, contemplative conception of the image, whilst at the same time translating the reductionist principles of Minimal Art and Mono-ha into the medium of woodcut. Thus, the prints become studies of how a minimal intervention – a contour, a cut – structures a delicately hazy, quietly vibrating field.
Minimalism. – Woodcut on Kozo washi handmade paper. Signed in pencil. An excellent, rich handprint created using the Japanese baren technique, featuring partly bold, iridescent blacks, light open areas, and the characteristic indentations from the printing process. The plate edge is intact. In the inner field, the tone transitions to a light, grainy-transparent grey that allows the washi fibre structure to show through – evidence of a controlled, even baren print. Full-bordered with a deckle edge. In perfect condition. - Lee Ufan’s woodcut series *A Cut Shot*, from his early work, employs a delicate sfumato that lies over the wood’s grain like a breathing veil, opening up a view into the depths of the material. At the same time, clear contour lines set precise boundaries for the flowing tonal gradations, causing the pictorial field to oscillate between diffusion and demarcation. This tension between soft, almost painterly modulation and strictly drawn lines corresponds to Lee Ufan’s thinking in terms of relationships: it is not the motif, but the relationship between density and emptiness, between transition and intersection, that becomes visible. From an art-historical perspective, the series thus ties in with an East Asian-influenced, contemplative conception of the image, whilst at the same time translating the reduction of Minimal Art and Mono-ha into the medium of woodcut. Thus, the prints become studies of how a minimal intervention—a contour, a cut—structures a delicately hazy, quietly vibrating field.
*This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard margin scheme. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is charged on the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) is charged on the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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