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Haiga Portfolio
Naked in the rain, riding a naked horse
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Color woodcut
Image: 40.5 x 50.5 cm (15 15/16 x 19 7/8 in.); Sheet: 45.3 x 54.4 cm (17 13/16 x 21 7/16 in.)
Gift of the Estate of Stanton and Jean Macdonald-Wright 2021.152.15
Edition: edition of 50
Location
not on view
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 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.
Clifton Karhu
Works in "Sosaku hangu" style, making woodblock prints of typical Japanese scenes, often old Japanese houses or details taken from old houses, especially those of Kyoto.