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Collection Online as of April 24, 2024

Buddha

Buddha

1951
(1907–1997)
Japan, 20th century
color woodcut
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.377
Location: not on view

Description

In 1951 Saito began a series of prints based on ancient burial figures called haniwa, terra-cotta funerary statuettes with a charming, naïve naturalism from the 3rd to 6th century. Saito found them to "have a beauty like nudes," and using woodcut, he reproduced in prints the rough surface of the original clay Buddha. In 1985, following the death of her husband, Eleanor Smith gave the museum his collection of 198 color woodcuts by Saito, nearly the complete oeuvre of this well-known, popular printmaker.
  • ?-1985
    The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1985-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections".
    A Tradition Transformed: Japanese Prints, 1947-1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-April 24, 1988).
  • {{cite web|title=Buddha|url=false|author=Saitō Kiyoshi|year=1951|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.377