Hiroko Yoshimoto (XX) - Backstroke"Plongueuse

来自知名日美艺术家 Hiroko Yoshimoto 的崭新原作原创版画《Backstroke（Le Dos crawlé）》，创作时间为1980年。该作品引人入胜且技艺高超，以半抽象与超现实手法在水下呈现泳者的动态身姿。艺术家运用叠层的充满动感的线条来传达流动性、水下的扭曲感以及运动的能量。背景呈现出华美的色调渐变（ bokashi 技法在西方版画中的现代转写），从深靛蓝渐变为生机勃勃的祖母绿，最终以赭色和橙色的土色调收束，仿佛光在水面折射的光影效应。

关于艺术家：
Hiroko Yoshimoto（生于神户）是一位备受尊敬的在加州工作的艺术家与艺术荣誉教授。她毕业于享有盛誉的加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA），获学士及文学硕士学位并以 summa cum laude 荣誉毕业，其作品被收录于重要的机构收藏。一件与本同系列水下沉浸主题几乎一对的姊妹版《Plongueuse》（1979）正式收藏在美国 Van Every/Smith Galleries 的永久收藏中。这是难得的机会，能够收藏到如此具备博物馆血统的作品。

技术细节与特征：
• 艺术家：Hiroko Yoshimoto（签名为铅笔手签，右下角写有 H. Yoshimoto ’80——因书写体而有时被误读为 Yamamoto）。
• 题名：Backstroke（由艺术家在下边中间的空白处用铅笔标注题名）。
• 日期：1980
• 技法：铜版画（腐蚀铜版）与铬底水刻，使用高张力艺术纸。水刻的颗粒质感与铜版画线条的纤细程度体现了卓越的技艺掌控。
• 版次：全球极端有限，仅40份。本作为珍贵的第27/40号（在左下角用铅笔标注分数）。
• 真实性标记：作品旁边的传统艺术家印章（红色印章/ hanko）以墨水盖章，作为真伪印记。

品相状况：
作品整体状况良好，保留在原始铝制框架中（此处未加玻璃，背面封闭）。色彩保留了原有的鲜活与强烈，纸张呈现极轻微的时间痕色，均匀且正常，与此时期纸上作品相符。
这是一件稀有、具美学价值且现代感十足的作品，理想之选，适合收藏当代版画或以体育、水域为主题的图形艺术。

运输：
采用超安全运输方式，专业定制包装，实时追踪，并提供完整的保险覆盖，防止运输过程中的风险。

（Catawiki 条目信息：技术字段）

• 艺术家：Hiroko Yoshimoto
• 时期：1980-1989
• 年份：1980
• 技法：铜版画 / 水刻（铜版画）
• 画材：纸
• 版次：27/40
• 状态：非常好
• 框内：是（铝框，无玻璃）
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Stunning original contemporary print by the renowned Japanese-American artist Hiroko Yoshimoto, titled Backstroke, dated 1980.
This captivating and highly technical artwork illustrates the body of a swimmer mid-stroke underwater in a semi-abstract, surrealist style. The artist utilizes overlapping dynamic lines to convey fluidity, aquatic distortion, and the energy of movement. The background features a magnificent chromatic gradient (the traditional bokashi technique masterfully transposed into Western printmaking), evolving from a deep ultramarine blue to a vibrant emerald green, finishing with warm sienna and orange tones that evoke the refraction of light on the water's surface.

About the Artist:
Hiroko Yoshimoto (born in Kobe, Japan) is a highly respected California-based artist and Professor Emeritus of Art. A graduate of the prestigious UCLA (Bachelor and Master of Arts summa cum laude), her artworks are held in major institutional collections. A near-identical sister print from this exact same series on aquatic immersion, titled “Plongueuse” (1979), is officially preserved in the permanent collection of the Van Every/Smith Galleries in the United States. This is a rare opportunity to acquire a piece with such museum pedigree.

Technical Details and Specifications:
• Artist: Hiroko Yoshimoto (hand-signed in pencil bottom right H. Yoshimoto '80 — signature sometimes misread as Yamamoto due to the cursive script style).
• Title: Backstroke (titled in pencil by the artist in the lower center margin).
• Date: 1980
• Medium: Etching and aquatint on heavy art paper. The grainy texture of the aquatint and the extreme sharpness of the etching lines demonstrate superb technical mastery.
• Edition: Highly limited worldwide printing of only 40 copies. This piece is the valuable number 27/40 (justified in pencil bottom left).
• Authenticity Marks: Features the artist's traditional red stamp (hanko / seal) applied in ink next to the signature.

Condition Report:
The artwork is in very good overall condition, preserved in its original frame. The colors have fully retained their original freshness and intensity. The paper shows a very light, uniform, and healthy age patina, completely normal for a work on paper from this era.
A rare, highly aesthetic, and modern piece—ideal for collectors of contemporary prints or graphic art centered on the theme of sports, water, and swimming.

Shipping:
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