About This Print
Created during what may have been a transitional period for Hodaka, between his Buddhist themed prints and his Primitive prints1, the artist gives us a semi-abstracted wooded landscape by moonlight.1 see Hodaka Yoshida (1926-1995) "Stages of Artistic Development" under the artist's biography on this site.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1247 |
| Title | 森 (Woods) |
| Series | n/a |
| Artist | Yoshida Hodaka (1926-1995) |
| Signature | Pencil signed by artist - Hodaka Yoshida in English lower right of image and 吉田穂高in Kanji in lower right margin |
| Seal |  |
| Publication Date | 1955 |
| Edition | 169/200 |
| Publisher | self-published |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - margins partially trimmed (originally approx. 23 x 16 1/2 in.); toning, primarily seen in margins and verso; 1/2" paper tear in upper left margin repaired verso (image not effected) |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 18 1/4 x 11 15/16 in. (46.4 x 30.3 cm) |
| H x W Image | 16 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (42 x 23.8 cm) |
| Collections This Print | Museum of Modern Art 82.1957; Yale University Art Gallery 1968.80.140; Collections Database Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium MH 1956.78.Q.R11 |
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