LOT 1291 SHIKO MUNAKATA - Female Nude in Garden II - Color
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Artist: Shiko Munakata (Japanese, 1903-1975). Title: "Female Nude in Garden II". Medium: Color woodcut in brown ink. Date: Composed 1934. Dimensions: Overall size: 6 1/8 x 5 15/16 in. (156 x 151 mm). Image size: 5 7/8 x 4 9/16 in. (149 x 116 mm). Lot Note(s): Edition size unspecified, presumed small. Thin Japan paper. Narrow top and bottom margins. Fine impression. Good condition; mounted to stiff board as issued; some scattered foxing in the image. Provenance: Through a relative of the artist, Aomori, Japan; Private collection, Houston, Texas. Comment(s): Very rare and a splendid example of Munakata's very early work. We could not find any auction records of a Munakata print created before 1935. In 1926, Munakata saw Kawakami Sumio's black-and-white woodcut "Early Summer Breeze," and decided to work on black-and-white prints. From 1928 onwards, Hiratsuka Unichi (1895–1997), another renowned sosaku hanga printmaker, taught Munakata wood carving. In 1929, four of his prints were accepted by the Shunyokai Exhibition, which bolstered his confidence in the new medium. In the following year (1930), four more of his woodcuts were accepted for the Kokugakai national exhibition, thus establishing him in his career. Image copyright © The Estate of Shiko Munakata. [25225-1-1200]
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