Untitled-bodhisattva figures
- Date:
- description
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
Within a black circular medallion, three bodhisattva heads appear side by side in profile, rendered with elongated faces, curling stylized hair, and small dot markings on their foreheads. The print uses a limited palette of black outlines with beige/tan and gray shading against the cream paper, with a dark curved band beneath the figures. Untitled woodblock print by Shiko Munakata; year unknown.
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