id:			147455
accession number:	1973.192
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.192
updated:		2022-04-07 20:20:13.839000

Papillon Rouge, 1973. Yozo Hamaguchi (Japanese, 1909-2000). Cancelled copper plate; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1973.192

title:				Papillon Rouge
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creation date:			1973
creation date earliest:		1973
creation date latest:		1973
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creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture:	Japan, 20th century
technique:	cancelled copper plate
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Apparatus
type:		Plate
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CREATORS

* Yozo Hamaguchi (Japanese, 1909-2000)  - artist

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1973
	opening date:   1974-01-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1973</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974).

	title:		East Meets West:  Tradition and Innovation in Modern Japanese Prints
	opening date:   2000-03-19T00:00:00
	<i>East Meets West:  Tradition and Innovation in Modern Japanese Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 19-May 28, 2000).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; March 19 - May 28, 2000.  "East Meets West:  Tradition and Innovation in Modern Japanese Prints."

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wall description: 
In mezzotint, a metal plate is systematically worked over with a spiked tool (called a "rocker") until it is thoroughly roughened. If inked at this stage, it will print nearly solid black. The image is created when the engraver smooths out graduated highlights with a scraper or burnishing tool; the more burnished an area is, the less ink it will hold, and thus when the plate is printed the design will emerge from basic blackness.
To create a color mezzotint, separate plates are prepared for each color, which are printed successively (so the colors are superimposed on one sheet). This method requires extreme precision: the plates must be exactly aligned so the colors do not appear out of register. The artist must give careful forethought to which elements of the composition should be drawn on each plate and in what order the plates should be printed to produce a cohesive final image. Here the individual plates are displayed next to a sheet where they have been printed separately to show how the artist conceived the design for each color.

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