Inner Strength

Artist Naoko Matsubara (Japanese, active in Canada, born 1937)

Date1964–1968

Mediumwoodblock and plastic wood, black ink

Dimensions111.4 x 77 cm (43 7/8 x 30 5/16 in.) (sheet)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineHarriet B. Bancroft Fund

Terms

Japanese Print

Object number1989.31

Label TextMore than any other subject in Matsubara's oeuvre, the tree expresses her innermost feelings. It has been a recurring subject in her work since the early 1960s. A pine that grew outside a hall window in her childhood home inspired this highly individualized tree, which seems to press against the edges of the paper. Matsubara began making this print by carving directly in the soft pine block, was unhappy with it, turned the block around, filled it in with plastic wood and began to play with texture.ProvenanceNaoko Matsubara, Ontario, Canada

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