Stanton Macdonald Wright Woodblock from the "The Haiku Series"

Item Details

Stanton Macdonald Wright
from the The Haiku Series
Woodblock on paper
Unsigned
21 of 50

A woodblock by Stanton Macdonald Wright (1890 – 1973) titled The Haiku Series, dated 1966-1967. This print depicts abstract images emitting colorful hues of oranges, blues, yellows, greens and magentas. It is unsigned, with a quote from Yosa Buson ‘Demons sowing barley in the long rays of the sunset’ under the image to the lower left and a limited edition number 21 of 50 in the lower middle. The piece is presented under mat, without glass and set in a wood frame.
In 1966-67 American artist Stanton Macdonald Wright spent a period in Kyoto and worked with a master of traditional Japanese woodblock techniques, Clifton Karhu, to create a portfolio of twenty haiga, or illustrations to haiku poems.

Condition

- discoloration of surface; mat has residue and is stained; nicks and scratches around the frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; 21" W x 17" H measures visual image

Item #

18DAL184-705