$500–$4,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: As a member of the Yoshida printmaking dynasty, Chizuko's work benefits from family name recognition. Abstract nature prints are most collected.
Dated 1954, Jazz is a woodblock print in ink and color on paper that draws its inspiration from the improvisational energy of American music. Chizuko Yoshida was working during a period when jazz was sweeping through Japanese cultural life, and many visual artists responded to its rhythms, syncopation, and spontaneity. Translating musical qualities into woodblock form is a paradoxical undertaking, since printmaking is a deliberate, multi-step process that seems opposed to jazz's in-the-moment invention. Chizuko resolves this tension by using abstract forms and dynamic compositional arrangements that convey rhythmic energy without literal depiction. The carved blocks and layered color impressions create a visual counterpart to the way jazz musicians build complexity through successive improvisations over a basic structure.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Jazz was created by Chizuko Yoshida (吉田千鶴子) in 1954.
Jazz depicts music and abstract.
Jazz measures 41.4 × 57.8 cm.
