Portrait of Munakata Shikô (1905-1975), Shôwa period, dated 1968
- Date:
- Shôwa period, 1926-1989
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
"Portrait of Munakata Shiko" (dated 1968 in the title) — a woodblock print from the Showa period — is a portrait of the artist himself, but created as a woodblock print rather than a photograph or painting. This self-portrait in printmaking is characteristic of the medium's intimate relationship between the maker and the made: the artist carving their own face into wood, creating a self-image that passes through the physical resistance of the material. By 1968, Munakata was internationally celebrated, and this portrait — whether self-made or made by another hand — documents the face at the height of that fame.
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.
Portrait of Munakata Shikô (1905-1975), Shôwa period, dated 1968 was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in Shôwa period, 1926-1989.
Portrait of Munakata Shikô (1905-1975), Shôwa period, dated 1968 depicts portraits.
