Five Buddhist Figures

1959

Shikō Munakata

Associated Names
Shikō Munakata

Artist, Japanese, 1903 - 1975

The image features swirling, bold black lines creating an abstract composition with a variety of shapes. Among the shapes, there are figures resembling human forms with round faces and simplified features. Overhead, a large crescent shape and a dark filled circle dominate. The abstract scene is interwoven with additional elements, such as circular forms with facial details. The artwork is surrounded by an irregular, almost frame-like boundary of contrasting black and white.
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Bibliography

2002

  • Singer, Robert T. and Kakeya Nobuho. Munakata Shikō: Japanese Master of the Modern Print. Kamakura, Japan, 2002: fig. 4.

Wikidata ID

Q65577405

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