Night in the Desert (Sabaku no yoru)
- Date:
- 1959
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; edition 3/50
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
$500–$4,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. 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.
Night in the Desert (Sabaku no yoru), created in 1959 as edition 3 of 50, is a color woodblock print that transports the viewer to an arid landscape after dark. The desert at night is a subject of extreme contrasts: blazing heat gives way to cold, and the featureless terrain of daylight becomes a field of shadow and starlight. Chizuko Yoshida renders this environment with the deep indigo and black inks that Japanese printmakers have used for centuries to depict nighttime, but her desert subject removes the familiar landmarks of Japanese nocturnal scenes, replacing temples and bridges with empty sand and sky. The limited edition of 50 impressions means each print was individually pulled by hand, with subtle variations in ink density and registration that make every copy unique within the edition.
Woodblock print
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Color woodblock print; oban
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Color woodblock print; oban
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Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Night in the Desert (Sabaku no yoru) was created by Chizuko Yoshida (吉田千鶴子) in 1959.
Night in the Desert (Sabaku no yoru) depicts night scenes.
