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Takahashi Shotei

Street Singers (Ukiyobushi), Shamisen Player and Singer
By Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei)
Located in Middletown, NY
the young boy the name Shôtei), Takahashi was hired by the Imperial Household Department of Foreign
Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Woodcut

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Nude Before the Mirror
By Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei)
Located in Burbank, CA
, Hisao, Syotei (Hiroaki) Takahashi: His Life and Works, 2005, pl. 318.
Category

1920s Showa Figurative Prints

Materials

Mulberry Paper, Color, Woodcut

Ekoda Moon - Original Woodcut Print by Takahashi Shōtei - 1909/1923
Located in Roma, IT
Ekoda Mooon is an original woodcut print, in very good condition, realized by Takahashi Shōtei in
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Makura Bridge Under the Rain - Original Woodcut by Takahashi Shōtei - 1909/1915
Located in Roma, IT
Takahashi Shōtei in 1909/1915s. Excellent condition. Takahashi Shōtei was born Hiroaki (1871–1945) and was
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

'Tama Cat'
By Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei)
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, upper left, in kanji, 'Sanjiokina Hiroaki' with stamp below, 'Shotei' for Takahashi Hiroaki
Category

Late 20th Century Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Caught in the Rain - Japanese Woodblock Etching in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Image size: 9.5"H x 6.75"W Born in Tokyo as Katsutaro Takahashi, Shotei (aka Hiroaki/ Komei) was in his
Category

Early 20th Century Edo Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Woodcut

Tama The Cat
By Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei)
Located in Burbank, CA
A white cat eyes the viewer from a seat of comfort. The black background has been printed in the style that shows the swirling marks of the printing baren, done deliberately to offer...
Category

1920s Showa Animal Prints

Materials

Woodcut

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Finding the Right Prints And Multiples for You

Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.

Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.

Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.

Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.

Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.

For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)

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