Live Auction 8862THE HELEN AND FELIX JUDA COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PRINTS
Lot 240

MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)

AISHOKU NO SAKU (BLUE, COLOR OF MY SORROW), FROM THE SERIES RYURISHO HANGA KAN (WANDERING AWAY FROM HOME) [COMPOSITIONS ON THE POEMS OF YOSHII ISAMU]

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MUNAKATA SHIKO (1903-1975)
Aishoku no saku (Blue, color of my sorrow), from the series Ryurisho hanga kan (Wandering away from home) [Compositions on the poems of Yoshii Isamu]
Woodcut with hand-applied color, 1957, signed in pencil in Japanese Shiko and signed and dated in Roman script Munakata 1957.7., pine needles and field chrysanthemum symbols, sealed Muna
16 x 13.1/8in. (41.9 x 33.5cm.)

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PUBLISHED:
George Kuwayama, Contemporary Japanese Prints (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1972), no. 26. p.63.
_______________, Munakata Shiko 1903-1975/Ikeda Masuo b. 1934 (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978), cat. no. 11.

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