Woodblock Print by Masao Maeda: Seated Female Nude, Framed

The print crops her at the brow. The body is the whole subject.

Seated Female Nude is a framed woodblock print by Masao Maeda, from Japan, dated 1953, in ink on paper. The creative print movement of 20th century Japan encouraged artists to cut their own blocks and make prints as personal works, for collectors and exhibitions rather than mass sale. The figure sits with both arms raised behind her head, modeled in a few flat tones of pink and brown against a dark, grainy ground. A cream mat surrounds the small image, and a dark frame carved with a twisted rope pattern surrounds that. Twenty-eight inches high.

A few tones of brown, and nothing further is required.