Portrait of Shiko Munakata
- Date:
- 1968
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
"Portrait of Shiko Munakata" from 1968 — whether self-portrait or portrait by another hand — captures the artist in his mature phase, three years before his death in 1975. Munakata's self-portraits had a particular quality: he looked at himself with the same direct, unsparing attention he brought to all his subjects, the face rendered not as a flattering likeness but as a presence of concentrated energy. By 1968, the famously thick-lensed glasses, the intense concentrated expression, and the stocky physical presence had become iconic — the visible emblem of his artistic identity.
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 Shiko Munakata was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in 1968.
Portrait of Shiko Munakata depicts portraits.
