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 title in original language: series: Haiga Portfolio series in original language: 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: --- culture: America technique: woodcut department: Prints collection: PR - Woodcut type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- 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. --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: edition of 50 support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Stanton Macdonald-Wright (the artist) [189-1973] date: 1967–73 footnotes: citations: (Macdonald-Wright Estate) date: 1973-2021 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: September 6, 2021 footnotes: citations: --- 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 Haiga Portfolio out of his admiration for haiga, 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES