The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

Colophon

Colophon

1966–67
(American, 1890–1973)
(American, 1927–2007)
Sheet: 45.4 x 54.4 cm (17 7/8 x 21 7/16 in.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The artist wrote of the works in this portfolio: “I have attempted to pictorialize these haiku psychologically and thus complete the verses by making the illustrations as modern as the verses will always remain.”

Description

Modernist painter Stanton Macdonald-Wright developed the Haiga Portfolio out of his admiration for haiga, the traditional art of haiku illustration. Produced in Japan using a traditional Japanese printmaking technique (ukiyo-e), the artist challenged the typically minimalist, black-and-white approach to haiku illustration. While many of the works in the portfolio employ the lively colors and patterns of Synchromism—an art movement MacDonald-Wright founded in 1910 seeking to apply color theory to music and rhythm—others are more contemplative, while still retaining a connection to abstract modernist optics.
  • 1967–73
    Stanton Macdonald-Wright (the artist) [189-1973]
    1973-2021
    (Macdonald-Wright Estate)
    September 6, 2021
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • {{cite web|title=Colophon|url=false|author=Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Clifton Karhu|year=1966–67|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2021.152.1