Toshi Yoshida

1911-1995

Two Lanterns
(Futatsu no ishidoro)

with red artist's seal, Yoshida, embossed date in Japanese on the left margin, Sen kyuhyaku rokuju yonen (1964), followed by the title in Japanese, Futatsu no ishidoro, the penciled English title on the bottom margin, Two Lanterns, and signature, Toshi Yoshida, 1964

oban tate-e 14 3/8 by 9 5/8 in., 36.5 by 24.5 cm

In 1963-1964 Toshi Yoshida produced a group of landscape prints depicting both famous and unidentified gardens utilizing a 'white outline' format in a limited palette that made much use of the lightness and texture of the paper.

Provenance:
Irwin J. Pachter (1925-2014), a pharmaceutical scientist and author of Kawase Hasui and His Contemporaries, Everson Museum of Art, 1986
(inv. no. 10-4290)

price: $650