Source
by Toko Shinoda
- Date:
- 1980s
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink on paper
- Dimensions:
- 50.8 × 43.8 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
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.
Source, a woodblock print on paper from the 1980s, points toward origin and beginning. Shinoda's abstract forms on this print suggest emergence, shapes that appear to be rising or issuing from a central point on the composition. The [sumi](/glossary/sumi) ink is applied with the directness that decades of calligraphic practice made second nature. By her seventies, Shinoda had spent more time with ink and paper than most artists spend with any medium, and that long familiarity shows in the economy of means. Nothing extra appears on the surface; every mark serves the whole.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Source was created by Toko Shinoda (篠田桃紅) in 1980s.
Source uses Lithograph, on woodblock print, ink on paper.
Source depicts abstract.
Source measures 50.8 × 43.8 cm.
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