And More by More They Dream Their Sleep: Mezzotints by Yōzō Hamaguchi Part II –– Minneapolis Institute of Art
abstract painting of wavy green, pink, and blue lines against a black background
Hamaguchi Yōzō, Japanese, 1909–2000. Spring Morning, 1985–92. Color mezzotint. Gift of Charles and Robyn Citrin. 2023.101.8

And More by More They Dream Their Sleep: Mezzotints by Yōzō Hamaguchi Part II

And More by More They Dream Their Sleep: Mezzotints by Yōzō Hamaguchi Part II

August 2, 2025 - April 5, 2026
G226, 227
Free Exhibition

Yōzō Hamaguchi (1909–2000) was a master of color mezzotints, a technique that allowed printmakers to reproduce complex details of an artwork. Photography had rendered it obsolete by the 1900s, but Hamaguchi revived the technique after encountering it during a stay in Paris in the 1930s. There, he met American poet e.e. cummings, who gifted him a tool to achieve the signature tones in mezzotint. In the 1980s, Hamaguchi paid homage to the poet with the “e.e. cummings suite” of prints titled with lines from the poem “anyone lived in a pretty how town.”

This exhibition explores how Hamaguchi transformed the ordinary into the uncanny, featuring prints generously donated by Charles and Robyn Citrin and Bill and Roberta Stein.

This exhibition is presented in two parts:

  • Part I: November 27, 2024–July 20, 2025
  • Part II: August 2, 2025–April 5, 2026
Hamaguchi Yōzō, Japanese, 1909–2000. Spring Morning, 1985–92. Color mezzotint. Gift of Charles and Robyn Citrin. 2023.101.8