Toko Shinoda "Blessing E" Lithograph with Hand Coloring, Signed by Artist, Avant-Garde Art, Calligrapher

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Artwork Title: Blessing E
Artist: Toko Shinoda
Technique: Lithograph with hand coloring

This is a lithograph by Toko Shinoda, a leading avant-garde calligrapher in Japan.
This is a rare hand-colored piece.

It comes with an original signature and edition number.
This is No. 1 out of a limited edition of 55 prints.
It also has an embossed seal.
Framed with acrylic glass.
The original storage box is included.

There are some minor scratches on the acrylic and frame. The print itself is undamaged.
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Dimensions:
Frame: Height 50 cm x Width 65 cm x Depth 2 cm
Inner mat opening: Height 24 cm x Width 32.5 cm
Full print sheet: Height 28 cm x Width 38 cm
Image: Height 20 cm x Width 30 cm


Toko Shinoda (1913-2021)
Calligrapher. Real name: Mitsuko. Born in Dalian, Manchuria (Northeastern China), where her father was stationed, she returned to Japan at the age of two. She began receiving instruction from her father, who had a talent for calligraphy, at the age of six, and later taught herself Chinese calligraphy models and Japanese ancient scripts. She graduated from Tokyo Prefectural Eighth Higher Girls' School. In 1940, she held her first solo exhibition at Kyūkyōdō in Ginza, Tokyo. After World War II, she held solo exhibitions in various locations worldwide, including Tokyo, New York, Brussels, Paris, Chicago, and Washington, solidifying her position as a Bokushō (ink-painting) artist. Departing from the conventional boundaries of calligraphy, she began to treat characters as materials for free-form artistic expression, developing a unique world of creation through the exquisite contrast of ink and color, line and plane, and its profound beauty and lyricism. Her large-scale wall works at the National Kyoto International Conference Center, Tokyo's Zojoji Temple, and the Japanese Embassy in France are well-known. She continued to be active, holding solo exhibitions even after a retrospective exhibition at the Gifu Museum of Fine Arts in 1992.

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