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Shiroi sō no naka no murasaki (Violet in a White Layer)


Yoshida Chizuko, Shiroi sō no naka no murasaki (Violet in a White Layer), 1968, color woodblock print with blind embossing on paper, The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection, © Chizuko Yoshida, 86.13.307

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Title

Shiroi sō no naka no murasaki (Violet in a White Layer)

Related Titles

original language: 白い層の中の紫

translated: Violet in a White Layer

transliterated: Shiroi sō no naka no murasaki

Artist

Yoshida Chizuko (Japanese, 1924–2017)

Date

1968

Period

Japan: Shōwa period (1926-1989)

Medium

color woodblock print with blind embossing on paper

Edition

3/50

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 19 3/4 in x 11 3/16 in; sheet: 23 5/8 in x 13 7/8 in

Inscriptions & Markings

numbered: 95, graphite [in a different hand], bottom margin, right

signature; date: Chizuko Yoshida '68, graphite, lower right

edition: 3/50, graphite, lower middle

title: 白い層の中の紫, graphite, lower left Transliteration (Translation): shiroi sō no naka no murasaki (purple [violet] in white layer) Language: Japanese

Collection Area

Asian Art; Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Japanese Modern Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

Japanese

Credit Line

The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection

Accession Number

86.13.307

Copyright

© Chizuko Yoshida

Terms

Japanese woodblock prints

prints

relief printing

relief prints

Showa

Sōsaku hanga

woodcuts

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