Drop of Life, woodcut

Drop of Life, woodcut

Text on front: "69/100." Text on back: "Original color woodcut, signed edition 100, 1971 $50." Born in 1937 in Tokushima, Japan, Matsubara grew up in Kyoto, Japan, but currently resides in Ontario, Canada. Primarily known for her woodcuts, Matsubara earned a BA from the Kyoto Academy of Fine Arts, and a MFA at the Carnegie Institute of Art. She also studied at the Royal College of Art in London. This print was one of eleven in a series entitled "Solitude" and designed to accompany an essay from Henry David Thoreau's "Walden Pond." The photos and the essay were published together in 1971.

Matsubara, Naoko

1971

color woodcut on paper

image

H0000414

Campbell 309

20" x 22-1/2"