Key value factors: For living or recently deceased artists, limited edition size and gallery representation drive value. Signed and numbered prints from smaller editions are most desirable.
This 1988 woodblock print, catalog number 985 in a large edition of 110 impressions (this being number 92), demonstrates Funasaka's occasional decision to produce compositions in significantly larger editions than his typical 40-impression runs. The expanded edition may indicate a composition with broader commercial appeal or one commissioned for a specific distribution channel. Impression 92 of 110 comes late in a long production run, meaning the blocks have been inked and pressed many more times than in Funasaka's smaller editions. The larger edition size reflects confidence in the composition's durability, both the physical durability of the carved blocks through 110 printings and the aesthetic durability of the image across so many instances. At catalog number 985, Funasaka stood just fifteen works away from his thousandth numbered composition.
985 (ed. 92/110) was created by Yoshisuke Funasaka (舩坂芳助) in 1988.
985 (ed. 92/110) depicts abstract.
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