Yoshisuke Funasaka, Lemons on Plaid, Red (1981)

Artist: Yoshisuke Funasaka (1939–2023)
Title: Untitled Lemons on Red Plaid background with Stripes
Medium: Woodblock print
Year: 1981
Edition: 2/100
Image size: Please inquire
Paper size: Please inquire
Condition: Very good condition. 
Signed: Pencil signed, dated, and numbered by the artist.

Notes: Yoshisuke Funasaka's prints invite contemplation rather than explanation. Built from carefully balanced geometry, vivid color, and a vocabulary of personal symbols, his compositions leave space for the viewer's imagination instead of directing it toward a single interpretation. This 1981 print is anchored by a luminous field of red that creates both warmth and stillness, while the floating vertical forms and delicate black line suggest a quiet visual dialogue. It is the kind of work that gradually becomes part of a room rather than dominating it, revealing new relationships of color and form the longer it is lived with. That quiet sense of discovery is one of the enduring pleasures of Funasaka's work.

Keywords: Yoshisuke Funasaka, Woodblock Print, Sosaku Hanga, Postwar Japanese Graphic Art, Abstract, Japanese Print, 1981, Limited Edition, Red