MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)

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

Details

MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)
Mokkenren no saku (Maudgalyayana), 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 signed and dated in Roman script Munakata 1960 and inscribed in Japanese suru kore [fecit], pine needles and field chrysanthemum symbols, sealed Muna, numbered 1/1, paper slip affixed to verso inscribed in ink in Japanese Juichi (11) Mokkenren and in Roman letters Mokkenren and sealed Shi and Ko and with a pencil inscription of title and a reference number in another hand in Roman print, tape stains upper edge
39.7/8 x 15in. (101.3 x 40cm.)

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. 5.

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. 2, p. 15.