Original Signed Modern Japanese Silkscreen 

"109" BY YUKIO KATSUDA

Yukio Katsuda (Japanese, b. 1941) No. 109, original color silkscreen, signed, titled, numbered 23/100, lower margin.

Image measures 9 x 6-3/4 inches; in rustic wood (gallery?) frame measuring15 x 12-1/2 inches.

Not examined out of frame but appears in very good overall condition.

Biography:

Yukio Katsuda was born in Kyoto in 1941 and since the 1960s has been active in the medium of serigraph (silk screens). Yukio Katsuda has lived and worked both in Japan and in the United States. Editions of his silkscreen art were published as early as the mid 1960's and since that time the artist has created over two hundred works in this medium. Major themes in Yukio Katsuda's art include landscapes, botanical depictions and animal and bird studies. His silkscreens are included in the permanent collections of museums such as Scripps College, Claremont, California and the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University.

His prints usually carry no title other than a number that represents the chronological order of his works, however, the verso of framed prints sometimes carry official paper notes with conventional titles in Japanese. His prints are often heavily inked (a spectacular example is Number 77, Sunflower), and thus have a unique, near-3D appearance; it is this feature that first drew me to Katsuda's works. His major works cover natural themes such as birds (mostly owls), flowers and plants, and landscapes.