White Flower-(Calla7)

As the seventh sheet in the same White Flower (Calla) sequence, this print belongs to a numbered group in which Tokitoh works through small permutations of a single calla lily. The format is consistent: one flower, isolated against an unmarked or barely-tinted ground, the spathe curling around the spadix with the asymmetry characteristic of the species. The differences between the prints in the series tend to lie in the placement and intensity of the close-valued layers — whether the deepest grey lands at the inner curl or along an outer edge, whether the pale blue underpainting reads cooler or warmer, whether the spadix carries a touch of yellow-green or remains as quiet as the petal itself. Drawn directly onto the matrix rather than transferred from a photograph, the print exhibits the watercolour-like translucency that her layering technique produces. The Calla series, alongside her Lotus and Magnolia studies, forms the central body of her output and represents a sustained engagement with the white flower as a tonal subject.