The Prints of Hodaka Yoshida
From the Collection of Margaret and Eugene Skibbe

The Wall Prints 1991-95. What Hodaka chose to feature next was simply a wall. He had gone from House and Nude, to House alone, and now to a close-up of the face of one wall. It is virtually one dimension, devoid of space. The viewer now must focus on the tiniest traces of human presence and action. Yet, even a wall can have a story. Evident are its nobility and its deterioration. A zinc plate provides tactile detail, while bold color offers emotional content. Hodaka made a series of six super-size wall prints, 12 small album-size wall prints with poems, and a few others - and that is how he left us.

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550. Red Wall 1992
Photo zinc relief, Woodblock
111.4 x 171.9 cm

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556. "Walls in the Wall" Poster
1992 Photo zinc relief,
Woodblock 84.0 x 57.0 cm

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557. I. Teotihuacán México
(in album) 1993
Photo zinc relief, Woodblock
35.9 x 17.8 cm

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558. II. Los Pueblos en México
(in album) 1993
Photo zinc relief, Woodblock
43.5 x 31.1 cm

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559. III. Chamula México
(in album) 1993
Photo zinc relief, Woodblock
24.0 x 23.7 cm

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560. IV. San Christóbal México
(in album) 1993
Photo zinc relief, Woodblock
35.7 x 35.7 cm

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561. V. Mérida Yucatán
(in album) 1993
Photo zinc relief, Woodblock
35.8 x 17.5 cm

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