Sail Boat
- Date:
- 1923
- Medium:
- Dry point
- Dimensions:
- 24.3 × 20.8 cm
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
From the Seto Inland Sea Sailing Boats series — among Yoshida's most iconic and sought-after groups. The night and fog/mist variants command the highest premiums within this already valuable series. Sailing Boats: Mist has achieved $7,500 at auction; a set of three variants (Morning, Forenoon, Night) was estimated at GBP 3,000–4,000 at Sotheby's (December 2023). Complete sets of all variants are extremely rare.
Sail Boat is a dry point etching from 1923, one of Yoshida's Western-medium works that preceded his full commitment to woodblock printmaking. Dry point — a form of intaglio printing made by scratching directly into a metal plate — produces a characteristic soft, burry line quality that suited maritime subjects well, the spontaneous mark of the stylus capturing the movement of sail and water. The 1923 date places this work in the years immediately before Yoshida's pivotal American tour, when he was still working across multiple printmaking media and had not yet fully committed to the woodblock form.
Woodblock print
Hansen, yoru
1926
Color woodblock print
1915
Color woodblock print
Hansen, asa
1926
Color woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Sail Boat was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1923.
Sail Boat was published by Yoshida Studio (1923).
Sail Boat depicts boats & ships and seascapes.
Sail Boat measures 24.3 × 20.8 cm.
