About This Print
Issued at the same time as Measure and Pig (IHL Cat. #2037), which pictures a pig, possibly prior to a trip to slaughter house, this yellow pig seems quite unaware what fate holds in store.
Entry in Shoichi Ida, Prints in the Collection of the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

Print Details
IHL Catalog | #2036 |
Title or Description | Shade of a Tree |
Series | |
Artist | Ida Shōichi (1941-2006) |
Signature | ![]() |
Seal of the Artist | no seal |
Publication Date | 1972 |
Edition | 20/30 |
Publisher | self-published |
Printer | |
Impression | excellent |
Colors | excellent |
Condition | excellent |
Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print); contemporary |
Miscellaneous | |
Format | |
H x W Paper | 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm) |
H x W Image | 21 1/4 x 27 3/8 in. (54 x 69.5 cm) |
Collections This Print | The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto P00970 |
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. no.62. |
5/24/2021 created