Toshi Yoshida, "Sea Horses" (PS)

A beautiful underwater scene showing colorful coral and seahorses. The blocks for this woodblock print were carved by Yoshida himself as indicated with the jikoku seal in the top left margin. Pencil-signed by the artist, this woodblock print comes directly from the Yoshida family estate and has never been displayed. A rare early-state.

Date: 1952
Size: Oban (image approx. 9" x 14")
Lifetime edition, pencil-signed
Condition: Fine/excellent
Publisher: The Artist
Frame Shown: 16" x 24" x 1/2", Modern Metal, Walnut

Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995) is one of the twentieth century's most important woodblock print artists. Toshi is part of a long and famous line of past and present artists whose influence and popularity persist to this day. His father, Hiroshi Yoshida, was a master painter and woodblock print artists at the height of the shin-hanga print movement.