id:			441301
accession number:	2021.152.2
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.152.2
updated:		2022-03-17 09:00:25.519000

Haiga Portfolio: Table of Contents, 1966–67. Stanton Macdonald-Wright (American, 1890-1973), printed by Clifton Karhu (American, 1927-2007). Woodcut; sheet: 45.4 x 50.4 cm (17 7/8 x 19 13/16 in.); sheet: 54.7 x 45.5 cm (21 9/16 x 17 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Estate of Stanton and Jean Macdonald-Wright 2021.152.2

title:				Table of Contents
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series:				Haiga Portfolio
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creation date:			1966–67
creation date earliest:		1966
creation date latest:		1967
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of the Estate of Stanton and Jean Macdonald-Wright
copyright:			

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culture:	America
technique:	woodcut
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Woodcut
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Stanton Macdonald-Wright (American, 1890-1973)  - artist

* Clifton Karhu (American, 1927-2007)  - printer
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.
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measurements: Sheet: 45.4 x 50.4 cm (17 7/8 x 19 13/16 in.); Sheet: 54.7 x 45.5 cm (21 9/16 x 17 15/16 in.)
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edition of the work: 	edition of 50

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Stanton Macdonald-Wright (the artist) [189-1973]
	date: 1967–73
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	(Macdonald-Wright Estate)
	date: 1973-2021
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: September 6, 2021
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fun fact: 
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.”

digital description: 
Modernist painter Stanton Macdonald-Wright developed the <em>Haiga Portfolio</em> out of his admiration for <em>haiga</em>, the traditional art of haiku illustration. Produced in Japan using the 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.

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