Woodblock Print by Konishi Seiichiro: Kneeling Female Nude, Framed

Copper skin, teal outline, a deep red dark behind her.

This framed woodblock print, Kneeling Female Nude, is by Konishi Seiichiro, b. 1919, from Japan, dated 1957, in ink on paper. Japanese printmakers of the mid 20th century often treated the nude as a study in color and line, drawing on both Western modern art and their own woodblock tradition. She faces the viewer, arms lifted to her curling hair, her body drawn in a single strong contour. Red seals and a signature sit at the edge. The image is 16.5 inches wide, and the frame 38 inches high.

A quiet, self-possessed print, in a frame that is less shy.