Munakata Shiko (1903-1975)
Self-portrait Sumizuri-e woodcut with hand-applied color, signed in pencil in Japanese Shiko and in Roman script Munakata, sealed in red Hogen Muna Shiko--very good impression and color, restored tear upper left corner, lower right corner creased, hinge and glue residue upper and lower margins
31.5 x 28cm.
Lot Essay
For another example, dated 1963, see Zakka no saku/The World of Munakata, The Artist and the Man, vol. 12 of Munakata Shiko zenshu/The complete works of Shiko Munakata (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1979), pl. 11.