The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 18, 2024
Fish and Flower and Female Buddha (Sakana, Hana to Butsujo)
1957
(Japanese, 1903–1975)
Image: 31.8 x 22.1 cm (12 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.); Sheet: 45 x 33.6 cm (17 11/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
© The Estate of Shiko Munakata, Reproduced by permission
Location: not on view
Description
Munakata did not make detailed designs for his prints, preferring instead to develop the composition on the block itself, aided by a rough sketch (see drawing for Fish and Flower and Female Buddha [1959.9]). He identified with the woodblock itself and said, "If there is anything here [in my print] that is inferior to an uncarved block, then I have not created my print. I have lost to the board." Fish and Flower and Female Buddha was commissioned by the Print Club of Cleveland as its 1959 presentation print.- Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections".Transformations in Japanese Printmaking. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 30, 1984).The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-March 31, 1970).The Relief Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-March 28, 1960).CMA 1960: cat. no. 67CMA 1969: "The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919-1969," cat. p. 170, repr. p. 87
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