Lot 251
251
MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)

YAMAJI, AKI YAMAJI TOHO NO SAKU (A MOUNTAIN PASS, WALKING THROUGH A MOUNTAIN PASS IN AUTUMN)

Details
MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)
Yamaji, Aki yamaji toho no saku (A mountain pass, Walking through a mountain pass in autumn)
Woodcut with hand-applied color, 1960, 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 Nampo no in, tape stains top and bottom edges, backed with thin paper
17 x 12in. (43.7 x 30.6cm.)

Lot Essay

This print is not included in the 1977-79 catalogue raisonn of the artist, Munakata Shiko zenshu/The Complete Works of Shiko Munakata.
Another impression was sold in these Rooms, 2 November, 1996, lot 453.