Yoshida, Hiroshi (1876 - 1950), "El Capitan"



Catalog ID | A2092 |
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Artist | Hiroshi Yoshida |
Title | El Capitan |
Medium | Original Japanese Woodblock Print |
Series Title | United States |
Edition | First |
Date | 1925 |
Publisher | The Artist |
Reference No | Abe #10 |
Size | 16 -1/2 x 11 " (over-sized margins) |
Condition | Very fine, with superb colors. |
Notes: A superb example, displaying much stronger overall colors then the example shown in the Abe catalog. Large, over-sized margins. Brush signed and sealed by the artist. Early, Red-brown jizuri seal in upper left margin. In his 1939 book, Yoshida notes that 6 blocks and 33 impressions were used.
"One of six prints from the United States series, Hiroshi also executed a Europe series, which consisted of eleven images. Both sets of prints were the first he undertook in his new printmaking studio, which he set up in the fall of 1925." - A Japanese Legacy, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts; pg. 45.