Matterhorn
- Date:
- 1925
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 51.4 × 36.5 cm
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
The Matterhorn's distinctive pyramidal peak rises 4,478 meters above the border of Switzerland and Italy, one of the most recognizable silhouettes in the Alpine world. Yoshida encountered it during his 1925 European tour and translated its drama into the woodblock medium with remarkable fidelity — the jagged rock faces, the perpetual snowfields, the blue of the high-altitude sky. His training in Western academic painting gave him tools for rendering such subjects that most Japanese printmakers of the shin-hanga period lacked, and the result is a mountain print of exceptional authority.
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Featured in Collections
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Frequently Asked Questions
Matterhorn was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1925.
Matterhorn was published by Yoshida Studio (1925).
Matterhorn depicts landscapes, snow scenes, and mountains.
Matterhorn measures 51.4 × 36.5 cm (Oban format).