Image: Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo
The Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts has highlighted Shinzaburo Takeda’s woodblock print ‘Face-9’ in a collection feature focused on the faces of people in Mexico captured through woodblock printing.
The museum’s Japanese-language post, published on August 19, presents the work as part of its “collection highlights” series. It describes Takeda as a printmaker active in Mexico and directs readers to an image of ‘Face-9’.
The featured image depicts a woman with a composed, dignified expression. A tear is shown quietly running down her cheek, according to the museum’s description. The post frames the work around the expressive possibilities of the human face and the way woodblock printing records the people Takeda encountered in Mexico.
Beyond identifying the artist, the technique and the work’s title, the source provides no further information about the print’s date, dimensions, materials beyond its woodblock-print classification, or the circumstances in which it was made. It also does not describe ‘Face-9’ as part of a temporary exhibition or announce an associated event.
The Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts is the organization presenting the collection feature. No exhibition dates, venue-specific display information or related programming are given in the announcement.
