Imperial Hotel
Yoshida, Toshi, 1911-1995
Imperial Hotel- Artist : Yoshida, Toshi, 1911-1995
- Edition : Raised Seal Edition
- Date : c. 1969
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : 910897
- Condition : No condition problems to note
- Dimensions : 8 1/2 x 6 7/8 inches
- Comments : This design originally appeared in a 1969 newspaper advertisement for the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. The Toshi Yoshida Raised Seal Edition prints were produced during Toshi's final illness, when he was too weak to sign his prints, and can be distinguished from the posthumous prints. They bear a printed signature with embossed seal next to the signature. During this period, however, he kept supervising all of the printing at his studio.
- Provenance : Yoshida Family Collection
- SOLD
About The Artist
Yoshida, Toshi, 1911-1995Born in Tokyo. Studied oil painting with his father Yoshida Hiroshi and block carving with Maeda Yujiro. Graduated in 1935 from school of Taiheiyogakai. Traveled widely in India, Europe, and U.S. Member of Nihon Hanga Kyokai from 1952 and Graphic Arts Club. Represented in international competitions in Switzerland, Australia, Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere. Carries on the Yoshida workshop and tradition. In the early Showa period he worked in a realistic manner. After World War II he turned .....
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