Self-Portrait: At the time of Repatriation Manchukuo
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
Typical Price
$500–$5,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Kitaoka's refined style has a modest but loyal collector base.
$500–$5,000. Common prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Kitaoka's refined style has a modest but loyal collector base.
Kitaoka was repatriated from Manchukuo in 1947, and this self-portrait made at the time of repatriation records a specific historical and personal moment: the artist looking at himself in the context of mass displacement, his individual identity intact within a collective experience. Self-portraiture in woodblock requires a particular self-confrontation — the artist translating their own face into the medium's terms — and Kitaoka's version brings to this ancient artistic task the directness of someone who has seen too much to soften what the mirror shows.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Self-Portrait: At the time of Repatriation Manchukuo was created by Fumio Kitaoka (北岡文雄).
Self-Portrait: At the time of Repatriation Manchukuo depicts portraits.
