MUNAKATA SHIKO: LAKE IN FUSE

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MUNAKATA SHIKO: LAKE IN FUSE By Munakata Shiko (1903-1975), signed Shiko Munakata and sealed Japan, dated 18 May 1956 Woodblock print on paper. Set inside a frame, behind glass. Signed Shiko and sealed; further signed in pencil in Roman script Munakata. Title Fuse no Umi no Saku (Lake in Fuse). SIZE of the sheet 45 x 34 cm, SIZE incl. frame 62 x 54 cm Munakata Shiko (1903-1975) was a prolific printmaker who studied with the famous master Un'ichi Hiratsuka. Munakata attracted widespread recognition by winning awards in major international print shows in 1952, 1955, and 1956. In 1960 the Cleveland Museum of Art organized an exhibition of Munakata's work that later traveled to Chicago, Seattle, and Los Angeles. Munakata received the Order of Culture, Japan's highest honor in the arts, in 1970. For the rest of his life, he maintained a preeminent position as the best-known modern Japanese printmaker both at home and abroad. Auction comparison: Compare a closely related print, dated to 1962, at Sotheby’s, Japanese and Korean Works of Art, 21 September 2000, New York, lot 272 (sold for USD 4,933 or approx. EUR 8,100 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).

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