Daisho Head of Woman (Album leaf)
- Date:
- 1961
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
"Daisho Head of Woman (Album leaf)" from 1961 captures Munakata's female figure subject in the intimate format of an album leaf — a single work on paper suitable for close, private viewing. The "Daisho" in the title (大小, meaning "large and small") suggests this may be a paired composition or a work that plays with scale. His album-leaf format women had a particular quality of concentration: the female head or figure given the full weight of his attention within a small format that brought the viewer into close, almost confrontational relationship with the carved image.
1960
Woodblock print
Shôwa period, 1926-1989
Woodblock print
1939-68
Woodblock print
1939 (printed 1955)
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Daisho Head of Woman (Album leaf) was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in 1961.
Daisho Head of Woman (Album leaf) depicts portraits.
