Self-Portrait with Boat on the Hudson River

1959

Shikō Munakata

Associated Names
Shikō Munakata

Artist, Japanese, 1903 - 1975

The image depicts a person's face and upper body. The individual faces forward, with a slight turn of the head. Facial features are prominently represented with bold, thick lines. The eyes are large and round. The hair is styled back and appears geometric in shape. The person wears a checkered or patterned garment with triangular shapes over the shoulders. The background has abstract, woodcut-style textures with vertical and diagonal lines. On the right, there are characters or symbols indicating text. The artwork is a black and white print with a signature and date in the bottom corner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 50.8 × 39.37 cm (20 × 15 1/2 in.)
    image: 40.01 × 29.85 cm (15 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.45.1099


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2024

  • The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2024.

Inscriptions

lower left sheet, signed, in graphite: Munakata 1959.12.29.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65577424

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