About This Print
Lavender and teal make this an unusual color combination for the artist. Deep embossing of curved lines nicely balance the ocher-colored partial ellipse. Several states of this print exist with this print likely being the same state as the catalogue raisonné #234 below. While the catalogue raisonné gives the English title as Breathe (Earth), the title written on the print by Takahashi is Breathe (Earth) B.
Wall Card from the Exhibition Three Masters of Abstraction
Hagiwara Hideo, Ida Shōichi and Takahashi Rikio
November 3, 2018 - March 24, 2019
Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205
Takahashi Rikio (1917–1998)
Breathe (Earth) B
1969
Color woodblock print with embossing on paperLent by Irwin Lavenberg, L2017.103.24
Catalogue Raisonné Entry
Breathe (Earth)
#234 - Catalogue Raisonné
#234 - Catalogue Raisonné
(Rikio Takahashi, The Woodblock Prints, published by
Abe Publishing LTD., 1998)
Abe Publishing LTD., 1998)
 #235 - Catalogue Raisonné (Rikio Takahashi, The Woodblock Prints, published by Abe Publishing LTD., 1998) |  #235 - Catalogue Raisonné |
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #442 |
| Title | Breathe (Earth) B 呼吸 (大地) B |
| Series | n/a |
| Artist | Takahashi Rikio (1917-1998) |
| Signature | Pencil signed by artist - Rikio Takahashi in English |
| Seal | none |
| Date | 1969 |
| Edition | 12 of 50 |
| Publisher | self-published |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - diagonal fold upper right; minor handling creases |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 24 x 17 3/4 in. (61 x 45.1 cm) |
| Collections This Print | |
| Reference Literature | Catalogue Raisonné: Rikio Takahashi, The Woodblock Prints, published by Abe Publishing LTD., 1998, p. 144 number 234. |
8/12/2021
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