About This Print
Issued at the same time as Shade of a Tree (IHL Cat. #2036), which pictures a seemingly contented pig under green foliage, one wonders if Ida is presenting us in this print with that pig's fate, being measured for the slaughter.
Entry in Shoichi Ida, Prints in the Collection of the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #2037 |
| Title or Description | Measure and Pig |
| Series | |
| Artist | Ida Shōichi (1941-2006) |
| Signature |  |
| Seal of the Artist | no seal |
| Publication Date | 1972 |
| Edition | 23/30 |
| Publisher | self-published |
| Printer | |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent - mounting tape verso top corners |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print); contemporary |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 21 1/4 x 28 1/8 in. (54 x 71.4 cm) |
| H x W Image | 21 1/4 x 28 1/8 in. (54 x 71.4 cm) |
| Collections This Print | The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto SI-014; The British Museum 1986,0321,0.248; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 2012.76.6 |
| Reference Literature | Shoichi Ida, Prints in the Collection of the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 2012, p. 35, cat #63. |
5/24/2021 created
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