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Stone Buddha

A work made of color woodblock print.

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  • A work made of color woodblock print.

Date:

1947

Artist:

Shinagawa Takumi
Japanese, 1908-2009

About this artwork

Shinagawa Takumi was an early experimenter with the expressive power of abstraction and a limited, yet vibrant, color palette. He rarely represented Buddhist imagery in his work, but this print from the 1940s is an exception. Here he used bright green for a sculpture that is made of gray stone. The bold coloring gives the sense of coming upon ruins in a dense forest.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Shinagawa Takumi

Title

Stone Buddha

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1947

Medium

Color woodblock print

Dimensions

52.1 × 61 cm (20 1/2 × 24 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Cornelius Crane

Reference Number

1962.286

Extended information about this artwork

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