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Lot 189 Lee Ufan. A Cut Shot 3. 1978. …
A Cut Shot 3. 1978. Holzschnitt auf Kozo Washi Bütten. 7,0 x 9,8 cm (10,9 x 14,5 cm). In Bleistift signiert. Ausgezeichneter, satter Handabzug in der japanischen Baren-Technik mit teils kräftigen, changierenden Schwärzen und lichten Freifeldern und den charakteristischen Druckquetschungen. Die Plattenkante vollständig. Im Innenfeld differenziert sich der Ton zu einem lichten, körnig-transparenten Grau, das die Washi-Faserstruktur durchscheinen lässt - ein Beleg für kontrollierten, gleichmäßigen Baren-Abzug. Vollrandig mit Schöpfrand. Tadellos.
Minimalismus
Französische Moderne – Ars Publicata, Lee Ufan Editions, 13/101, 1978.01.3. - Lee Ufan, Print Works 1970-2019, Abe Shuppan, 2019, S. 56. - Herausgegeben von Abe Shuppan, Tokyo. - Lee Ufans Holzschnittfolge A Cut Shot (1978) aus seinem Frühwerk arbeitet mit einem zarten Sfumato, das wie ein atmender Schleier über der Holzstruktur liegt und den Blick in die Tiefe des Materials öffnet. Zugleich setzen klare Konturbegrenzungen den fließenden Tonwertverläufen präzise Grenzen, sodass das Bildfeld zwischen Diffusion und Abgrenzung oszilliert. Diese Spannung von weicher, fast malerischer Modulation und streng gezogenen Linien entspricht Lee Ufans Denken in Relationen: Nicht das Motiv, sondern das Verhältnis von Dichte und Leere, von Übergang und Schnitt wird sichtbar. Kunsthistorisch schließt die Folge damit an eine ostasiatisch geprägte, kontemplative Bildauffassung an, während sie zugleich die Reduktion von Minimal Art und Mono-ha in das Medium des Holzschnitts übersetzt. So werden die Drucke zu Studien darüber, wie ein minimaler Eingriff - eine Kontur, ein Schnitt - ein fein verrauchtes, still vibrierendes Feld strukturiert.
French Post War – 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 gray that allows the washi fiber 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 relations: 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, while 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.
Result: 4000 €
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