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Maudgalyāyana, Master of Supernatural Forces, from the series Ten Great Disciples of Buddha
Shiko MunakataWW-1939-148059
1939·Framed woodblock prints; ink on paper·Various; two average sheet sizes: 1) 41 ¾ x 18 ¾ in. (106 x 47.6 cm); 2) 39 x 15 ½ in. (99.1 x 39.4 cm.); with frame: 44 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (102.2 x 56.5 cm)
Purchase, Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation Fund, Daniel Greenberg, Susan Steinhauser, and the Greenberg Foundation, and The Vincent Astor Foundation Gifts, 2017
Catalogue
- Year
- 1939
- Dimensions
- Various; two average sheet sizes: 1) 41 ¾ x 18 ¾ in. (106 x 47.6 cm); 2) 39 x 15 ½ in. (99.1 x 39.4 cm.); with frame: 44 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (102.2 x 56.5 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Shiko Munakata
Artist
Shiko Munakata
Painting
Shiko Munakata was a Japanese woodblock printmaker whose bold, expressionistic works combined traditional ukiyo-e techniques with modernist abstraction. Working primarily in the postwar period, he developed a distinctive approach to the woodblock medium, creating prints marked by vigorous line work and densely layered imagery that drew from Buddhist and folk art traditions. His prints gained significant international attention and influenced contemporary printmaking across Europe and America.
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- Shiko Munakata
- Year
- 1939
- Dimensions
- Various; two average sheet sizes: 1) 41 ¾ x 18 ¾ in. (106 x 47.6 cm); 2) 39 x 15 ½ in. (99.1 x 39.4 cm.); with frame: 44 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (102.2 x 56.5 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1939-148059
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- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
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