Woman Drying Her Hair

髪を乾かす女

Date:: 1920
Medium:: Color woodblock print

Typical Price

This sensuous toilette scene captures a moment of quiet self-care with Goyo's characteristic grace. His death at just 41 left the art world with an impossibly small legacy of only 14 woodblock designs. Lifetime bijin-ga prints regularly achieve $12,000-$30,000 at auction. Posthumous Tanseisha or Yuyudo editions are available for $2,000-$4,000.

Description

A woman stands drying her long hair after bathing, the dark tresses spread out over a bamboo frame. The print captures a moment of unhurried domestic routine with the elevated aesthetic sensibility that characterizes all of Goyo''s work. The cascade of wet hair and the woman''s graceful posture create a composition of flowing lines and subtle curves.