Self Portrait
- Date:
- 20th century
- Medium:
- Woodblock print; ink on paper
- Dimensions:
- 30 × 17 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
"Self Portrait" — ink on woodblock print on paper, "20th century" — is among Munakata's self-portraits, a genre he returned to throughout his career as a way of subjecting his own face to the same direct, unsparing scrutiny he brought to all subjects. His self-portraits were rarely flattering or composed in the conventional sense: the face looked back from the woodblock with the concentrated, slightly startled expression of a man who has just caught himself in the act of looking. The thick-lensed glasses that became his visual signature — he was severely myopic — appear in many of these works as an ironic comment on the nature of seeing.
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.
Self Portrait was created by Shiko Munakata (棟方志功) in 20th century.
Self Portrait depicts portraits.
Self Portrait measures 30 × 17 cm.
