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Japan 1947: Caricature Number One

Print with a cream-colored background, a blue area at left suggesting the shape of a human body, and a red area at right of the same, but inverted. In the middle region, many small solid black human figures cascade head-first from the top of the composition to the bottom.

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  • Print with a cream-colored background, a blue area at left suggesting the shape of a human body, and a red area at right of the same, but inverted. In the middle region, many small solid black human figures cascade head-first from the top of the composition to the bottom.

Date:

1947

Artist:

Onchi Kōshirō
Japanese, 1891-1955

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Onchi Kōshirō

Title

Japan 1947: Caricature Number One

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

72 × 62.6 cm (28 3/8 × 24 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Oliver H. Statler

Reference Number

1961.976

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