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In The Artist's Studio with TAMEKANE Yoshikatsu

Our virtual visit to Tamekane-san's studio will hopefully give you a better understanding of how he makes his vibrant and colorful prints...

In The Artist's Studio with Sarah BRAYER

A bit of an echo on my end unfortunately due to a technical difficulty for which I apologize, but none the less an educational and intere...

The Art of Framing

One of my responsibilities as an art dealer is to educate potential clients about the artwork they are considering for purchase. Once the...

YouTube Video: The Paintings of SHINODA Toko

I wrote about Toko SHINODA in a previous blog post but felt it important to also create a YouTube video devoted to her paintings. Each an...

Reminiscing Series #2: The Exuberant Works of YAYANAGI Tsuyoshi (Go)

The image above is a silkscreen by artist YAYANAGI Go, commissioned by my parents in 1976 as part of a group portfolio to celebrate the A...

YouTube Video: TANAKA Ryohei

During his lifetime, TANAKA Ryohei released over 760 different editions of wonderfully detailed, exquisite copperplate etchings. The arti...

Reminiscing Series #1: The Imaginative Works of TANIGUCHI Shigeru

Taniguchi Shigeru was one of the very first artists that my parents decided to handle when they opened The Tolman Collection of Tokyo. Un...

Collecting For Beginners

A few years ago I was approached at my booth at one of the art fairs in which I participate by an apologetic colleague of my sister's who...

YouTube Video: HASEGAWA Yuichi

So much has been written about traditional Japanese woodblocks - their flat surfaces, lack of perspective and use of water based inks. Th...

What Exactly is Lithography, Anyway?

Lithography is a technique based on the principle that water and oil will not mix. The artist draws the original image with oil, fat, or w...

YouTube Video: MORIMURA Ray

I hope that you enjoy this video about artist MORIMURA Ray, the second video in our "artist showcase" series. Morimura-san is an artist w...

YAMAMOTO Kanae's Fisherman - The Print That Started It All

Whenever I am asked to speak on the historical origins of contemporary Japanese prints, this is the print with which I always begin. It i...

YouTube Video: HIRATSUKA Yuji

In this video, the first in a series showcasing the works of artists that I represent, I am delighted to feature the talents of whimsical...

From Ukiyo-e To Impressionism (and Back Again)

The first time my family visited Paris, I was too young to fully appreciate all the historical and cultural aspects of the many, many sit...

The Serene Prints of ENDO Susumu

ENDO Susumu blends photographic and non-photographic processes via computer, mixing the reality of natural landscapes with abstraction to...

And Now A YouTube Channel As Well!

One of the few silver linings of the self-isolation cloud is being forced to sit still and review the direction in which one is going, in...

The Doyenne of Japanese Contemporary Art: SHINODA Toko

SHINODA Toko Is 107 years old and only stopped releasing her paintings to the public a couple of years ago She lives on her own in the d...

Hot Off The Presses: The "DyEing" Art of Kappazuri

TAKAHASHI Hiromitsu is one of the artists with whom the Tolman Collection has an exclusivity contract, and for whom he has produced some ...

Iwami Reika (1927-2020)

I was so sad to hear from her niece that IWAMI Reika died on March 18th, 2020. Diminutive in stature, she was capable of making powerful w...

Welcome!

Welcome to The Tolman Collection of New York blog. I'm Allison Tolman. As mentioned on the home page, I am a second-generation art dealer...

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