Clifton Karhu
- Date:
- 1980
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
This 1980 print — simply titled "Clifton Karhu" — presents either a scene closely identified with the artist or a work in which the composition itself is the self-portrait, capturing the aesthetic territory he had made his own by the start of his fifth decade in Kyoto. The work belongs to a moment when Karhu's reputation was well established, his Kyoto rooftop and streetscape subjects recognized as a distinctive contribution to twentieth-century Japanese printmaking. The title suggests either quiet confidence or deliberate identification of artist and place.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Clifton Karhu was created by Clifton Karhu in 1980.
Clifton Karhu depicts urban scenes and architecture.
