Benten (One of the Seven Gods of Happiness)
- Date:
- Contemporary - 1968
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- robynbuntin
Description
Benten, the goddess of beauty, art, music, and wisdom, is one of Japan's seven gods of good fortune, and Karhu depicts her in this 1968 print with a decorative flatness that draws on both Buddhist iconographic traditions and the graphic sensibility of his own artistic moment. The figure's flowing robes and serene expression are rendered in the bold, flat color areas that characterize Karhu's early figurative work, before his practice narrowed toward the architectural landscapes of his mature career. The print is a reminder of the breadth of his early interests.
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Benten (One of the Seven Gods of Happiness) was created by Clifton Karhu in Contemporary - 1968.
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