Title: Notre-Dame Paris (B)
Artist: Kiyoshi Saito?(Japan,?1907 - 1997)
Year: 1960
Medium: Woodblock print
Self-carved and self-printed, numbered 93/100.?
Signed. Taped to mat. Framed and under glass.
Kiyoshi Saito?was a celebrated Japanese printmaker. Characterized by their distinctively graphic flatness, Saitoa??s works often feature recurring visual motifs endemic to Japanese landscapes, such as rural architecture, kimono-wearing women, and pinewood forests. His oeuvre is connected to the Japanese practice of?
sosaku-hanga, meaning "creative prints," a 20th-century movement motivated by self-expression accomplished through hand-made processes. He achieved recognition for his?
Winter in Aizu?series when issued in 1938, and subsequently was among the first Japanese artists to place at the S?£o Paulo Biennale in 1951. Born in Aizubange, Japan on November 14, 1997, Saito died on November 14, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan at the age of 90.
Frame: 41 1/4 x 26 1/8 inches.
Paper: 32 1/8 x 24 3/4 inches.
Weight: 11 lbs.