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MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)
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MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)
Shigan no saku (This human world), from the series Shokeisho [In praise of Kawai Kanjiro]
Woodcut with hand-applied color, [blocks carved 1945], signed in pencil in Japanese Shiko and in Roman script Munakata, sealed in red Shiko in Japanese, dated 1956.1.19 in pencil, a paper slip affixed to verso inscribed in ink 1945 Kokusai ten hannyu (Entered in 1945 International Exhibition) and titled as above in Japanese, a v-shaped tear at left (partially repaired), very slight mat stain in margins, tape stains on top, creased toward bottom
24 x 17in. (61.1 x 43.2cm.)
Shigan no saku (This human world), from the series Shokeisho [In praise of Kawai Kanjiro]
Woodcut with hand-applied color, [blocks carved 1945], signed in pencil in Japanese Shiko and in Roman script Munakata, sealed in red Shiko in Japanese, dated 1956.1.19 in pencil, a paper slip affixed to verso inscribed in ink 1945 Kokusai ten hannyu (Entered in 1945 International Exhibition) and titled as above in Japanese, a v-shaped tear at left (partially repaired), very slight mat stain in margins, tape stains on top, creased toward bottom
24 x 17in. (61.1 x 43.2cm.)