MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)

SHARIHOTSU NO SAKU (SARIPUTRA), FROM THE SERIES SHAKA JUDAI DESHI (THE TEN GREAT DISCIPLES OF THE BUDDHA)

Details

MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)
Sharihotsu no saku (Sariputra), from the series Shaka judai deshi (The ten great disciples of the Buddha)
Woodcut, n.d. [blocks carved 1939], signed in pencil in Japanese Shiko and in Roman script Munakata, pine needles and field chrysanthemum symbols, sealed Hogen Muna Shiko, paper slip affixed to verso inscribed in ink in Japanese Hachi (8) Sharihotsu (chi-e daiichi) (most brilliant), and in Roman letters Shariho, and sealed Zakkado
41 x 18.7/8in. (106.2 x 48cm.)

Exhibited

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Munakata Shiko 1903-1975/Ikeda Masuo b. 1934," March 14--June 16, 1978

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
George Kuwayama, Munakata Shiko 1903-1975/Ikeda Masuo b. 1934 (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978), cat. no. 4.

Another impression was sold in these Rooms 16 October, 1990, lot 35.

For an impression in the Japan Society, New York see Rand Castile, Shiko Munakata (1903-1975) Works on Paper (New York: Japan Society, Inc., 1982), no. 1, p. 14.