Ancient Poem (Translation)
篠田桃紅 古詩 昭和時代 石版画 (Primary Title)
Toko Shinoda 篠田桃紅, Japanese, 1913 - 2021 (Artist)
This print’s graceful lines and large, textured fields of color evoke an open book; one of its pages is illustrated in red with calligraphic strokes. Though trained in classical Japanese calligraphy since age six, Shinoda was also strongly influenced by Abstract Expressionism, a movement of particular interest to the artist during her travels to the United States in the late 1950s. Shinoda’s art represents a juxtaposition of contemporary and traditional approaches, as well as Eastern and Western methods.
Sōsaku-hanga 創作版画
Showa period (1926-1989)
Toko Shinoda (in graphite)
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ANCIENT POEM, Toko Shinoda, '82, 22/35 (in graphite)
Gift of Elizabeth Deane
©artist or artist’s estate
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