Joshua Rome
About the Artist
Joshua Rome was born in 1953 in Hartford, CT. and is the adopted son of Broadway composer-lyricist Harold Rome.
At the age of twenty-one, Rome moved to Japan with the hopes of studying Japanese cabinetry. Early on, he met the woodblock artist Clifton Karhu, who befriended Rome and took him on as an apprentice during which time he gained an appreciation for color and paper.
When his apprenticeship ended after three years, Rome continued his studies for another three years at the home of Kuroda Kenkichi, the son of Kuroda Tatsuaki, a Japanese national treasure of lacquer and cabinetry. Following the completion of his second apprenticeship, Rome focused for the next twenty years on creating woodblock landscapes depicting the rural mountains and changing society of Japan outside Kyoto.
Rome has had over seventy-five successful solo shows at premier galleries throughout Japan as well being a regular contributor to the College Women’s Association of Japan show, the premier exhibition of all print mediums in the Japanese print world. Rome has also had numerous solo shows in New York, Cleveland and San Francisco. His works are found in numerous collections including the Library of Congress, Washington D.C., USA, the British Museum, London, England, the New York Public Library, New York, USA and the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Joshua and his family returned from Japan in 1998 and now reside in Vermont, USA.
PRINTS
Joshua Rome
“Fox Shower”
Woodblock
1985
21.625 x 15.75 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered with red artist’s seal.
Edition: 100
Condition: Excellent.
Price: $450
Joshua Rome
“Winnowing”
Woodblock
1985
15.75 x 10 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered, with red artist’s seal.
Edition: 100
Condition: Excellent.
Price: $350
Joshua Rome
“After School”
Woodblock
2005
Image size: 13.25 x 26.25 in.
Edition: 85
Pencil signed, numbered, and titled.
Condition: Excellent
Price: $400
Joshua Rome
“Almost There”
Woodblock
2005
Print size: Double Oban; 12.25 x 24.75 in.
Image size: 10 x 21.25 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered, with red artist’s seal
Edition: 95
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Joshua Rome
“Ameagari (After the Rain)”
Woodblock
2005
Print size: 13.25 x 26.25 in.
Image size: 11 x 21.5 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered with red artist’s seal.
Edition: 80
Condition: Excellent
Price: $450
Joshua Rome
“Autumns Breath”
Woodblock print
2003
Image size: 13.25 x 26.25 in.
Edition: 90
Condition: Excellent
Price: $500
Joshua Rome
“Chihan (By the Lakeside)”
Woodblock
1985
Print size: 12.5 x 18.75 in.
Image size: 10 x 15.75 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered, with red artist’s seal
Edition: 80
Condition: Excellent
Price: $450
Joshua Rome
“Covering Up”
Woodblock
2007
Print size: 26.25 x 20 in.
Image size: 21.75 x 15.75 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered, with red artist’s seal
Edition: 80
Condition: Excellent
Price: $650
Joshua Rome
“End of the Road”
Woodblock
2002
Print size: 26 x 38 in.
Image size: 22 x 34 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered, with red artist’s seal
Edition: 75
Condition: Excellent
Price: $1,000
Joshua Rome
“Forgotten Way”
Woodblock
1993
Print size: 26 x 19 in.
Edition: 75
Numbered, titled and signed in pencil.
Condition: excellent
Price: $600
Joshua Rome
“Fuyu no Arashi (Winter Wind Storm)”
Woodblock
1987
Print size: 25 x 18.5 in.
Image size: 21.75 x 15.75 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered, with red artist’s seal
Edition: 90
Condition: Very Good
Price: $650
Joshua Rome
“Harvest Moon”
Woodblock
1991
Print size: 12 x 25 in.
Image size: 10.25 x 21.5 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered, with red artist’s seal
Edition: 80
Condition: Excellent
Price: $550
Joshua Rome
“Ipponkasa (One Umbrella)”
Woodblock print
2007
Image size: 16.75 x 36.25 in.
Edition: 60
Condition: Excellent
Price: $750
Joshua Rome
“Kitsune Ame”
Woodblock
1985
Print size: 18.5 x 25 in.
Image size: 15.75 x 21.75 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered, with red artist’s seal
Edition: 100
Condition: Excellent
Price: $650
Joshua Rome
“Leftovers”
Woodblock
2004
Print size: 13 x 13 in.
Image size: 10 in. diameter
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered, with red artist’s seal
Edition: 95
Condition: Excellent
Price: $200
Joshua Rome
“Market Day”
Woodblock
2003
Print size: 18.5 x 12.5 in.
Image size: 15.75 x 10 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered, with red artist’s seal
Edition: 90
Condition: Excellent
Price: $450
Joshua Rome
“Mixing Hours”
Woodblock
1998
Print size: 26.25 x 38 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered
Edition: 35
Condition: Excellent
Last available impression
Price: $955
Joshua Rome
“Moon Light”
Woodblock
1994
Print size: 26 x 18.75 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered, with red artist’s seal
Edition: 80
Condition: Excellent
Price: $690
Joshua Rome
“Moon Rising”
Woodblock
2002
Print size: 18.5 x 25 in.
Image size: 15.75 x 21.75 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered, with red artist’s seal
Edition: 70
Condition: Excellent
Price: $600
Joshua Rome
“Moonlight on the Water”
Woodblock
1996
Print size: 13.25 x 37.75 in.
Image size: 10 x 33.5 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered, with red artist’s seal
Edition: 85
Condition: Excellent
Price: $800
Joshua Rome
“Nami (Waves)”
Woodblock
1993
Print size: 19 x 26 in.
Image size: 15.75 x 21.75 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered, with red artist’s seal
Edition: 85
Condition: Excellent
Price: $600
Joshua Rome
“One for the Ladies”
Woodblock
2002
Print size: 24.75 x 37 in.
Image size: 21.5 x 33.75 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered, with red artist’s seal
Edition: 80
Condition: Excellent
Price: $1,000
Joshua Rome
“Sugibashira (Barking)”
Woodblock
1984
Print size: 18.25 x 25 in.
Image size: 15.75 x 21.5 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered, with red artist’s seal
Edition: 100
Condition: Excellent
Price: $650
Joshua Rome
“Tazura (Rice Field)”
Woodblock
1988
Print size: 18.5 x 25 in.
Image size: 15.75 x 21.5 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered
Edition: 90
Condition: Very Good
Price: $600
Joshua Rome
“Tsuki (Moon)”
Woodblock
2000
Print size: 20 x 26 in.
Image size: 16 x 21.25 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered
Edition: 75
Condition: Excellent
Price: $600
Joshua Rome
“Usetsu”
Woodblock print
2010
26.25 x 20 in.
Edition: 55
Condition: Excellent
Price: $600
Joshua Rome
“Yoshibune (Thatchboat)”
Woodblock
1988
Print size: 18.5 x 25 in.
Image size: 15.75 x 21.75 in.
Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered
Edition: 95
Condition: Excellent
Price: $600
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