About This Print

A sad/damaged print with its bottom margin and about 1/8" of the image cut off to make it fit the frame.  The auction house actually stated, in response to my inquiry, that the print has "no damage."   It is always "buyer beware" if you cannot see the print in the flesh.  Having said this, I think I'd rather have this print in its damaged state than not having it all.

IHL Cat. #236	Print from Yoseido Galley, Tokyo

About the Series “Stone Flower”

Source: 44 Modern Japanese Print Artists, Gaston Petit, Kodansha International Ltd., 1973, vol. I, p. 112.

Thisseries of 15 prints uses a technique devised by the artist in whichpigment is forced through the paper from the back, effectively dyingthe paper and producing a textural surface on which to work.  Thisseries is credited with enhancing “the prestige of Japan in thecontemporary print world.”

Other prints in the series include:Stone flower; Stone flower (A)*; Stone flower (B); Stone flower: blue, grey; Stone flower: grey; Stone flower: red [Ishi no hana (Aka)]; Stoneflower: white [Ishi no hana (shiro)]; Stone flower: white, yellow [Ishi-no-hana (Haku-o)]; Stone flower yellow; Stone flower: yellow, grey [Ishino hana (kibai)].

*Stone flower (A) and Stone flower (B) were done in a smaller format (sheet size approx. 193/4 x 17 1/2 in.) than other prints from this series I have seen (sheetsize approx. 39 x 26 in.)