One of nineteen prints in Takahashi's series of prints featuring the artist's "letters" from places around the world.   This series began in 1984 with the print titled The Letter and concluded in 1994 with the print The Letter (From Season).   In this series, Takahashi pays homage to various cities, countries and places including Geneva, Paris, London, New York, Switzerland, Kyoto, Southern Italy, Mexico and Jerusalem. 

Central Park?, skyscrapers? New York harbor? What is the almost cat-like pink figure in the middle of this print?  As with many of his other prints, Takahashi employs deep embossing to bring three dimensionality to this work and "N.Y." is prominently displayed in the white oval.  As with the print The Letter (From Southern Italy) his abstract script flows across this print.

Catalogue Raisonné Entry

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#586
Title	The Letter (From New York)   手紙 (ニューヨークより)
Series	The Letter
Artist	Takahashi Rikio (1917-1998)
Signature	Pencil signed by artist - Rikio Takahashi in English
Seal	none
Date	1985
Edition	25 of 50
Publisher	self-published
Impression	excellent
Colors	excellent
Condition	excellent
Genre	sosaku-hanga (creative print)
Miscellaneous
Format
H x W Paper	18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (47 x 47 cm)
H x W Image
Collections This Print
Reference Literature	Catalogue Raisonné: Rikio Takahashi, The Woodblock Prints, published by Abe Publishing LTD., 1998, p. 168 number 430.