Ida Shōichi (1941–2006) Paper Between a Snowed Stone and Road, from the series Surface is the Between: Between Vertical and Horizon

image size: 21 3/8 x 15 1/4 in. (54.3 x 38.7 cm)
sheet size: 21 3/8 x 15 1/4 in. (54.3 x 38.7 cm)

 
井田照一

Ida Shōichi (1941–2006)

Paper Between a Snowed Stone and Road, 
from the series Surface is the Between: Between Vertical and Horizon

1981

Silkscreen and lithograph, printed on both sides
Museum Purchase: Caroline Ladd Pratt Fund, 83.58.2

Ida used handmade translucent paper as his between and then printed an image of a road on the back and a stone on the front, creating the illusion of a stone resting on a fine layer of snow on a paved surface. A water stain, deliberately applied by the artist, appears at bottom right; seemingly random stains appear in several other prints by the artist on display here.



 
Three Masters of Abstraction Hagiwara Hideo, Ida Shōichi and Takahashi Rikio
 
Introduction