Francis Kaihatsu

American, born 1927

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The image shows rounded rectangles and curved lines intersecting against a textured background. The larger shape on the left resembles a stylized face or helmet with a thick border, casting a shadow-like triangular shape toward another rectangle. A smaller rectangular shape near the top right appears to contain a simplistic representation of a tree or plant, while the lower shape near the bottom left is subdivided into smaller rectangular sections. This arrangement of abstract shapes might remind viewers of a modern, geometric interpretation of a landscape with simplistic figures.
Francis Kaihatsu, Landscape with Figure, 1953, etching and aquatint, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 2008.115.2751

Landscape with Figure

Francis Kaihatsu · 1953 · etching and aquatint ·  Accession ID  2008.115.2751