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Munakata Shiko (1903-1975) | Pair of Goddesses (Sohi no saku) | Showa period, 20th century

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Lot Closed

November 5, 03:32 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Munakata Shiko (1903-1975) 

Pair of Goddesses (Sohi no saku)

Showa period, 20th century 


woodblock print, sumizuri-e, signed in pencil to the lower right in Japanese Shiko and in Roman script Munakata, sealed Muna, and with artist's penciled pine needles and field chrysanthemum (nogiku) marks, numbered 33/100, n.d. [blocks carved 1965], framed and glazed

72 x 60 cm., 28⅜ x 23⅝ in. (including frame) 

55 x 42 cm., 21½ x 16½ in. (the print)

For another impression of the same print, see 'The World of Women (Nyonin no saku)' in The Complete Works of Shiko Munakata (Munakata Shiko zenshu), volume 8, (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1979), pl. 80.