Clifton Karhu
- Date:
- 1980
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
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.
More Prints by Clifton Karhu
More Urban Scenes Prints
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
Woodblock print
View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
Color lithograph
Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
Color lithograph
Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Clifton Karhu was created by Clifton Karhu in 1980.
Clifton Karhu depicts urban scenes and architecture.