Hamanishi Katsunori 浜西勝則, 1949-
Katsunori Hamanishi's art depicts the separation and harmonious union of seemingly
unlike elements. His work typically includes representational forms of ropes or branches
juxtaposed with fields of color. As there is no single "correct" interpretation of Hamanishi's
work, the artist invites us to understand these works as metaphors or simply as abstractions.
Hamanishi is recognized worldwide as a master of the difficult mezzotint printing process.
Although this method originated in 17th century Europe, the artist has exploited its potential
for subtle gradations of tone to produce striking works of a distinctly Japanese aesthetic.
See:
- Mary and Norman Tolman. Collecting Modern Japanese Prints Then & Now (Rutland Vermont & Tokyo Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1994), p.223.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Window 18.
Description: colored mezzotint with gold leaf; signed by artist; edition no. 2/70; dated '08.
Date: issued 2008.
Subject: Windows.
Subject: Flowers.
Subject: Clouds.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: image 14 1/4 x 14 1/2 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: framed.
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Contrail.
Description: colored mezzotint with gold and copper flakes; signed by artist; edition no. 15/70; dated 2010; restored puncture in sky portion, the rest is in pristine condition.
Date: issued 2010.
Subject: Meteors.
Subject: Mountains.
Subject: Grasses.
Subject: Clouds.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: image 22.5 x 10.25 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Hamanishi Katsunori XL-2.
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Silence Work No. 6.
Description: colored mezzotint with gold leaf; signed by artist; edition no. 40/70; dated '03.
Date: issued 2003.
Subject: Mountains.
Subject: Grasses.
Subject: Clouds.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: image 23 1/2 x 8 3/4 in., paper 30 x 13 1/2 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Hamanishi Katsunori XL-.
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Division Work No. 62.
Description: colored mezzotint; signed by artist; edition no. 14/50; dated '96.
Date: issued 1996.
Subject: Abstract prints.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: image 8 x 13 in., paper 20 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Hamanishi Katsunori XL-.
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Silence Work No. 9.
Description: colored mezzotint with gold leaf; signed by artist; edition no. 27/70; dated '03.
Date: issued 2003.
Subject: Abstract prints.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: image 17 3/4 x 5 in., paper 23 x 10 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Hamanishi Katsunori XL-.
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Division Work No. 92.
Description: colored mezzotint on gold leaf; signed by artist; edition no. 21/50; dated '00.
Date: issued 2000.
Subject: Abstract prints.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: image 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 in., paper 29 1/4 x 21 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Hamanishi Katsunori XL-.
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Situation work #23.
Description: colored mezzotint; signed by artist; edition no. 40/50; dated '88.
Date; issued 1988.
Subject: Ropes.
Subject: Tree limbs.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: image 2 5/8 x 17 5/8 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: framed.
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Calm No. 7.
Description: colored mezzotint with gold leaf; signed by artist; edition no. 23/70; dated '05.
Date; issued 2005.
Subject: Japanese gardens.
Subject: Buddhist temples.
Subject: Walls.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: image 4 1/2 x 4 18 in., paper 6 7-8 x 9 1/4 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Hamanishi Katsunori S-1.
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Calm No. 6.
Description: colored mezzotint with gold leaf; signed by artist; edition no. 53/70; dated '05.
Date; issued 2005.
Subject: Japanese gardens.
Subject: Buddhist temples.
Subject: Walls.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: image 4 1/8 x 3 7/8 in., paper 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Hamanishi Katsunori S-2.
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Calm No. 4.
Description: colored mezzotint with gold leaf; signed by artist; edition no. 8/70; dated '03.
Date; issued 2003.
Subject: Stepping stones.
Subject: Grasses.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: image 9 5/8 x 7 in., paper 14 1/2 x 11 5/8 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Hamanishi Katsunori M-1.
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Calm No. 5.
Description: colored mezzotint with gold leaf; signed by artist; edition no. 34/70; dated '05.
Date; issued 2005.
Subject: Moon.
Subject: Grasses.
Subject: Clouds.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: image 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 in., paper 14 x 9 3/4 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Hamanishi Katsunori S-1.
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Division-work No. 13 (red)
Description: framed mezzotint; signed by artist in bottom margin; edition 3/50; dated '89.
Date: 1989.
Subject: Abstract prints.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 22 x 28 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Hamanishi Katsunori XL-1.
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Division-works No. 45
Description: framed mezzotint; signed by artist; edition 24/50.
Date: 1994.
Subject: Abstract prints.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 24 x 15 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Hamanishi Katsunori Framed
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Division-works No. 35
Description: framed mezzotint and lead foil; signed by artist; edition 28/50.
Date: 1992.
Subject: Abstract prints.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 24 x 15 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Hamanishi Katsunori Framed
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Game-Work No. 14.
Description: mezzotint; signed by artist; edition 70/70.
Subject: Ropes.
Subject: Knots & splices.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 15.5 x 14.5 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Hamanishi Katsunori L-1
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Game-Work No. 11.
Description: mezzotint; signed by artist; edition 37/90.
Subject: Ropes.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 10.5 x 15 in. image size, plus full margins.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Hamanishi Katsunori L-2
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Game-Work No. 13.
Description: mezzotint; signed by artist; edition 71/90; undated but known to be 1983; label on mat reads: 春陽会 Shunyō-kai (an organization est. in 1922 for Western-style art that has held an annual exhibition every year since 1923) and includes Hamanishi's name.
Date: 1983.
Subject: Ropes.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 11.5 x 10 in. image size, plus full margins.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Hamanishi Katsunori Framed
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Position-V.
Description: framed mezzotint; signed by artist in lower margin; edition 15/50; dated '00.
Date: 2000.
Subject: Abstract prints.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 5.5 x 7.5 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Hamanishi Katsunori Framed
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Hamanishi Katsunori, 1949-
Creator.Role: print maker.
Title: Game-Work No. 5.
Description: mezzotint; signed by artist; edition 71/90; undated but known to be 1983.
Date: 1983.
Subject: Ropes.
Type: Mezzotints.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 7.75 x 10.75 in. image size, plus full margins.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Hamanishi Katsunori Framed
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.