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Original Hiroshi Yoshida 1931 Woodblock Print -Jizuri

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Sold Date: 06/04/2011
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

Original 1931 Hiroshi Yoshida Japanese Wood Block Print - "Victoria Memorial" No.3 from the India and Southeast Asia Series

Provenance: Carnegie Museum

This auction represents a rare and unusual opportunity to own a valuable and highly collectible first edition Hiroshi Yoshida print. As Robin Devereux of Hanga Gallery notes:

Hiroshi Yoshida was a leading figure in the shin hanga (newprint) movement. He worked primarily as a painter until his late forties when he became fascinated with woodblock printing. After working with the Watanabe print shop for several years, Yoshida decided to fund his own workshop. Unlike ukiyo-e artists, he was intimately involved in all parts of the printmaking process. He designed the key blocks, chose the colors for the prints, and supervised the printers. In some cases, he even helped to carve the printing blocks. This was unusual, considering the traditional division of labor between designer, carver, and printer at that time. The majority of Yoshida's prints are richly detailed landscapes, featuring such diverse subjects as the Sphinx, the Taj Mahal, and Mount Rainier. Yoshida travelled frequently, and made sketching and painting trips all around the world. He was an avid mountain climber, and is noted for his depiction of alpine scenes. He also was remarkably skilled at depicting water, with its intricate reflections and complex flow patterns. Yoshida's prints were very popular with Western collectors, and he was one of the only shin hanga artists to sign and title his prints in English.

This particular print is number three in the India and Southeast Asia series and was done in 1931. It is and ObanYoko-e (horizontal print, approximately 10" x15"), both brush signed and signed in pencil, "Hiroshi Yoshida". It has Yoshida's "Jizuri" seal in the left margin, authenticating it as the original 1931, first edition printing done by Yoshida himself. It is a superb impression with outstanding color in excellent condition and has been professionally mounted in conservation mounts.

Professional packaging, shipping and insurance are $75 in the continental United States, $85 for Canada and Mexico, $95 for Express mail shipping to Europe and Latin America, and $125 for Express mail shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, Australia and Asia.

AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED

References: Hanga Gallery, Carnegie Museum, The Complete Woodblock Prints of Hiroshi Yoshida.

Unconditional money-back guarantee (minus 10% restocking fee, plus shipping and handling) if dissatisfied for any reason whatsoever, provided the print is returned in the exact condition which it was sent out, within seven days.