Nude in a square
- Date:
- 1960
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Scholten Japanese Art
"Nude in a square" from 1960 confines the female figure within a geometric frame — the square that is both a compositional device and a symbolic constraint, the body's organic curves set against the angular rigidity of the enclosing form. Munakata's nudes were among his most direct engagements with the human body: unidealizing, energetically carved, the figure present in its physical reality rather than aestheticized into an ideal. The square's enclosure heightens the figure's physical presence within a defined space, creating a tension between the body's natural movement and the geometry that contains it.
1960
Woodblock print
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Woodblock print
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Nude in a square was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in 1960.
Nude in a square depicts nude.