Woman Holding a Firefly Cage (1920)
Hashiguchi Goyō1920 · Portrait · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1921)
Specifications
- Year
- 1920
- Nationality / school
- Japanese
- Lifespan
- 1881–1921
About the artwork
This page presents "Woman Holding a Firefly Cage" (1920), created by Hashiguchi Goyō. The catalogue places it in Illustration. The format is portrait. Illustration in brief: Illustration serves a text or a story, a tradition that runs from decorated medieval manuscripts to printed book plates, magazines, and posters. Printing methods such as woodcut, engraving, lithography, and photomechanical reproduction each shaped how illustrators worked. About the period around 1920: Dada and Surrealism followed the First World War, the Bauhaus school was founded in 1919, and Art Deco became the fashionable decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s. Posters, magazines, and illustrated books were major ways for the public to meet new art and design.
"Woman Holding a Firefly Cage" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A portrait format suits narrow wall spaces, hallways, and the area beside a door or window. Illustrative graphics are valued for their decorative line work and narrative quality, which makes them a strong fit for gallery walls, kids rooms, studies, and more intimate interiors. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
Japanese, 1881–1921
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