Life

1976 · Print

Kann ich es sehen?

Ja, derzeit ausgestellt

Wo ist „Life“ heute? Minneapolis Institute of Art, G315, Minneapolis. Ja, derzeit ausgestellt. Geprüft 29. September 2026.

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Minneapolis, Vereinigte Staaten

SaalG315

Öffentlich ausgestellt.

Geprüft: vor 10 Tagen
Unverändert seit: 25. Sept. 2026
Quelle: Das Museum

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Über das Werk

In this unfinished etching, Nakahashi cast a delicate flowering vine as a visual metaphor for life. Minutely etched words appear along the length of the vine and elsewhere, revealing a range of human attributes, both virtuous and otherwise. From top to bottom, the text reads, in part: pride, reflection, tyranny, carelessness, compromise, confusion, collapse, regret, vanity, confidence, love, hope, disappointment, desire. In the bottom margin of the plate, Nakahashi tested his etching needle

and practiced writing some of the words that appear within the composition. Because the etching technique reverses all imagery during printing, he would need to inscribe the words backward. The bottom plate margin would normally have been trimmed before printing.

Minneapolis Institute of Art