by Toko Shinoda
$2,000–$20,000+. Common lithographs: $2,000–$5,000. Key value factors: As one of Japan's most celebrated modern artists who lived to 107, Shinoda's work has a large, devoted following. Original sumi paintings far exceed print prices.
Printed in 1988, An Ode uses the woodblock medium to create what reads as a tribute or lyrical address, the title borrowing from literary tradition. Shinoda was seventy-five when she made this print, working at a point where her command of [sumi](/glossary/sumi) ink and woodblock carving had been refined over more than five decades. The forms carry a gravity that balances gestural freedom with considered placement. Each mark holds its position on the paper with the confidence of long practice, the ode expressed not through words but through the cadence and spacing of printed ink.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
An Ode was created by Toko Shinoda (篠田桃紅) in 1988.
An Ode uses Lithograph, on woodblock print.
