Lot Essay
For a 1957 impression with hand-applied color see Kacho no saku/The World of Flowers and Birds, Munakata Shiko zenshu/The Complete Works of Shiko Munakata, vol. 4 (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1978), pl. 131.
HINOKI MATSU NO SAKU (CYPRESS AND PINE)
Details
MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)
Hinoki matsu no saku (Cypress and pine)
Woodcut, 1958, signed in pencil in Japanese Shiko and signed and dated in Roman script Munakata I958.I.28, pine needles symbols, sealed Muna, paper slip affixed to verso inscribed in ink in English 25 "Falcon and Dog" (wood) Munekata [sic] Shiko, tape stains
23 x 22in. (59.7 x 56.5cm.)
Hinoki matsu no saku (Cypress and pine)
Woodcut, 1958, signed in pencil in Japanese Shiko and signed and dated in Roman script Munakata I958.I.28, pine needles symbols, sealed Muna, paper slip affixed to verso inscribed in ink in English 25 "Falcon and Dog" (wood) Munekata [sic] Shiko, tape stains
23 x 22in. (59.7 x 56.5cm.)
Provenance
Hiratsuka Nippon Gallery, Washington, D.C.