Toshi Yoshida, "Cardinals"

Two brightly colored cardinals are shown perched on a maple tree in autumn. The composition and subject of this woodblock print are simple and peaceful, while the bright colors gives this work by Toshi Yoshida a wonderful brilliance. Note the subtle blue sky in the background. Pencil-signed by the artist, this woodblock print comes directly from the Yoshida family estate and has never been been displayed. A rarely available early-state.

Date: 1973
Size: Dai-Oban (image approx. 13” x 19”)
Published by Artist (pencil-signed)
Condition: Fine
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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.