Toshi Yoshida

Hummingbird and Fuchsia

Toshi Yoshida's original woodcut, "Hummingbird and Fuchsia" was created in 1971 when he taught printmaking techniques at the Mendocino Art Center. He both taught and worked in the United States and in his native country, Japan. Toshi Yoshida educated students in his influential woodcut techniques at the Mendocino Art Center and at the Art Institute of Chicago and established a printmaking studio on the outskirts of Tokyo. This large, original woodcut is printed on mulberry paper with full margins and signed in pencil by Yoshida to the lower right. "Hummingbird and Fuchsia" is a fine original example of the woodcut art by the 20th Century Japanese artist, Toshi Yoshida.

Original Japanese Woodcut by Toshi Yoshida

Hummingbird and Fuchsia

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Title:	Hummingbird and Fuchsia
Artist:	Yoshida, Toshi (Tokyo, 1911 -1995)
Date:	1971
Medium:	Original Japanese Woodcut Printed in Colour
Publisher:	Mendocino Art Center, California
Note:	Toshi Yoshida: A foremost twentieth century Japanese artist of the woodcut, Toshi Yoshida was born into a family with a rich artistic tradition. His father, Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950), was one of the leaders of early twentieth century Shin Hanga woodcut art. His mother, Fujio Yoshida, was also a painter and printmaker. Toshi Yoshida first studied woodcut techniques in the studio of his father and at the Taiheiyo Art School of the Pacific Arts Association. By the age of twenty he was producing Shin Hanga woodcuts and had begun his extensive travels around the world. In the following years Yoshida created woodcuts and paintings in such areas as India, Ceylon, Africa, North America, Europe and even Antarctica. After 1950 the artist produced fine woodcuts in both representational and abstract forms.
	Toshi Yoshida was a full member of the Japanese Print Association. Today the fine art of Toshi Yoshida is included in such international collections as the National Museum of Australia, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Art Institute of Chicago, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Krakow National Museum, Poland, and the British Museum, London.
	"Hummingbird and Fuchsia" was created in 1971 when he taught printmaking techniques at the Mendocino Art Center. Toshi Yoshida both taught and worked in the United States and in his native country, Japan. He educated students in his influential woodcut techniques at the Mendocino Art Center and at the Art Institute of Chicago and established a printmaking studio on the outskirts of Tokyo.
Size:	19 1/2 X 11 7/8 'Double Oban Size' (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	UnMatted
Condition:	Printed on mulberry paper and with full margins as created by the artist in 1971. Signed in pencil by Toshi Yoshida to the lower right. A superbly printed impression with full coloration and in excellent condition throughout. "Hummingbird and Fuchsia" represents a large and impressive example of the famous woodcut art of Toshi Yoshida.
Subject:	Toshi Yoshida, "Hummingbird and Fuchsia", original woodcut, twentieth century Japanese artist of the woodcut, Shin Hanga, Hiroshi Yoshida, Japanese Print Association.
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