Portrait of Munakata Shikô

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Portrait of Munakata Shikô

肖像画　棟方志功

Sekino Jun'ichirô (Japanese, 1914–1988)

Japanese

Shôwa era

1968 (Shôwa 43)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions Height x width: 76.6 × 63.7 cm (30 3/16 × 25 1/16 in.)

Credit Line John Ware Willard Fund

Accession Number68.452

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Graybill et al, The Artist's Touch, the Craftsman's Hand (Portland Art Museum cat., 2011), p. 308, #154 (3 imporessions); Sekino Jun'ichirô hanga sakuhin shû (1997), list #410, photo p. 145

DescriptionPortrait of Shikô Munakata, with two Munakata prints forming background: at right "Furuna" and at left "Ubari" (see 56.1152), both from the "Ten Disciples of Buddha" series. Edition: 21/118.

Signed Jun. Sekino (in pencil)

Marks Artist's seal: Sekino

Provenance1968, sold by The Red Lantern Shop, Kyoto to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 11, 1968)