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| Artist: | Yoshida Aguri (A. Yoshida, watercolour) — 吉田あぐり |
| Title: | A boat traversing a river in the Autumn |
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| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Self |
| Medium (first edition): | Watercolour |
| Medium (this edition): | Watercolour |
| Format (first edition): | Large Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 41011 |
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| This is a wonderfully vivid, yet soft watercolor of 2 people in a boat traversing a river in the Autumn. There are a couple of buildings, one on either side of the river, and ample indication of the seasonal change. This beautiful watercolour was done by an artist by the name of A. Yoshida. Contrary to popular belief, the artist is not, nor is he/she any relation to, Hiroshi Yoshida. I have seen a number of works by this artist and, beyond a doubt, this artist is a master of the technique of watercolor painting. This painting measures, with margins, 19 3/4" wide by 13 3/8" high. There is little or no indication of fading of the colors, no toning or matline and no foxing but the painting is backed on a piece of thin cardboard material. Perhaps a professional in painting conservation could remove it as the glue/adhesive is quite brittle. When framed, this piece would be quite a centerpiece for any room and most decor ...... |
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| Collectors often find it difficult to distinguish between the paintings of Arugi Yoshida and her brother-in-law, the far more famous Hiroshi Yoshida. However, careful examination of the painting's signature will allow consistently correct classification. There are several salient differences between their signatures, the main one being Hiroshi never signed his paintings using a curly 'Y' for Yoshida. The right leg of Hiroshi's 'Y' is always straight, and for 'A' Yoshida it is always curly. I've analysed dozens of Yoshida paintings and there are other differences, but the curly 'Y' is a dead giveaway for Aguri. Yoshida (as is the distorted first character, always a clearly defined 'H' in the case of Hiroshi). Aguri Yoshida almost always used all-caps (all upper case characters) for her watercolour signature, whereas Hiroshi only rarely used all-caps, thus if you have a Yoshida painting with a signature that uses a mix of upper and lower case characters you most likely are the lucky owner of a Hiroshi Yoshida painting. See further discussion here.
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