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Spirals

SPIRAL

This print by Yoshida Chizuko includes elements of “op art,” or optical illusion. In both figurative and abstract work, Chizuko repeated shapes to find variety in similar forms. In this print, the spiral is obscured by repeated circles. The repetitive process is reflected in the shape of the spiral itself.

Yoshida Chizuko was a member of the multigenerational Yoshida family of printmakers. She was a print artist in the mid-twentieth century, when it was less common for women to be printmakers, and she also continued printmaking after her marriage, which was unusual. Chizuko used nontraditional materials in her work, such as plywood and string.

Object Number

S2019.3.2022

Date

1966, Showa era

Artist

Yoshida Chizuko (1924–2017)

Place of Origin

Japan

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

H × W (overall): 50.8 × 66.7 cm
(20 × 26 1/4 in.)

Credit line

Purchase and partial gift of the Kenneth and Kiyo Hitch Collection from Kiyo Hitch with funds from the Mary Griggs Burke Endowment