Tadashige Nishida Pose Fat Cat Woodblock

Pose Fat Cat 51, 140/150
Measures about 17 3/4 by 10 inches
Signed in pencil in plate, artist seal
NISO37a $295

These delightful woodblock prints of the world's most successful species are by Tadashige Nishida (b. 1942) and published by Uchida in Kyoto. He studied art Europe and the USA as well as Japan and presents a unique synthesis of western and Japanese styles. The colors are vivid, often incorporating gold and silver pigments in the backgrounds.