Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Wednesday, 21 June 2006
Yukio Katsuda (b. 1941) Japanese FLOWERS #34, thickly textured screenprint, signed in pencil, from the numbered edition 35, image 20 ¼ x 13", full margins, soft creases, otherwise in good condition. |
Artist: Katsuda, Yukio - ???? Title: No. 34 - Flower (1) Date: (this item: First edition) Publisher: Self Medium: Serigraph (silkscreen) - ????? Format: Double Oban - ???, 42 x 63cm (sheet size) Item Code: 9570-Katsuda_Yukio Notes:Limited edition A.P. 5/10
(1) This item is either untitled or the title is unknown. |
Katsuda Yukio 20th Century Ltd. Edition Japanese Serigraph Print – No.34 This is an original limited edition print by the renowned Japanese artist Yukio Katsuda (b.1941). Katsuda titles his prints only with a number indicating its sequence in his opus. This image is no exception: it is titled "No. 34", indicating that it was likely produced in the late 1960s. It is a floral image (sadly, I am botanically challenged and cannot identify the flower). It is numbered 6/35 and is signed in pencil by the artist. It embodies the stippling effect and gorgeous subtlety of coloration for which Katsuda is justly famous. The print is in pristine condition. It is a full sheet, measures 23¾"x16½" and appears never to have been mounted.
A Kyoto native, Mr. Katsuda studied at the Kyoto City University of Art. Yukio Katsuda has lived and worked both in Japan and in the United States. Editions of his silkscreen art were published as early as the mid 1960’s. Katsuda has developed an innovative technique that captures both light and textures through successive serigraphic printings. Almost a form of complex stippling, his approach appears to render a three-dimensional image in a two-dimensional space. He blends a multitude of different colored inks together to give a rich palette, and he uses a very textured, heavy inking for his silkscreen prints, with a resulting dimensionality that lends a remarkable sense of depth to his images. |