Lot Essay
For another impression of the first see Michiaki Kawakita, Contemporary Japanese Prints, trans. John Bester (Tokyo and Palo Alto: Kodansha International Ltd., 1967), pl. 19.
IMAGINATION DREAM G I NO. 4 NO. 9
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YOSHIDA TOSHI (1911-1995)
Imagination
Dream
G
I
No. 4
No. 9
Woodcut, each signed and dated in pencil or ink in Roman script Toshi Yoshida and titled as above, the first dated 1960, numbered 7/18, 34 x 23in. (87.8 x 59.7cm.); the second dated 1964 and numbered 100/100, 16 x 10in. (40.8 x 27.3cm.); the third dated 1962 and sealed Yoshida To, 13.7/8 x 6in. (35.7 x 15.3cm.); the fourth dated 1962 and sealed Yoshida To, 14 x 5.7/8in. (35.5 x 14.9cm.); the fifth dated 1952, 15.5/8 x 10.5/8in. (40 x 27cm.); the sixth dated 1952, 15.5/8 x 10.5/8in. (40 x 27cm.) slight tape stains, the first creased on each corner (6)
Imagination
Dream
G
I
No. 4
No. 9
Woodcut, each signed and dated in pencil or ink in Roman script Toshi Yoshida and titled as above, the first dated 1960, numbered 7/18, 34 x 23in. (87.8 x 59.7cm.); the second dated 1964 and numbered 100/100, 16 x 10in. (40.8 x 27.3cm.); the third dated 1962 and sealed Yoshida To, 13.7/8 x 6in. (35.7 x 15.3cm.); the fourth dated 1962 and sealed Yoshida To, 14 x 5.7/8in. (35.5 x 14.9cm.); the fifth dated 1952, 15.5/8 x 10.5/8in. (40 x 27cm.); the sixth dated 1952, 15.5/8 x 10.5/8in. (40 x 27cm.) slight tape stains, the first creased on each corner (6)