Stanton Macdonald Wright Woodblock of the "The Haiku Series"

Item Details

Stanton Macdonald Wright
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 with deep contrasting hues blended together to convey the artist’s vision of Basho’s pond. It is unsigned, with a quote from Matsuo Bashō ’ An old pond, a frog leaps in, the sound of water’ 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 on paper; white mat showing residue and stains; nicks and scratches around the frame.

Dimensions

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

Item #

18DAL184-706