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Takotsubo ya hakanaki yume o natsu no tsuki (An octopus trap and fleeting dreams under a summer moon)

Takotsubo ya hakanaki yume o natsu no tsuki (An octopus trap and fleeting dreams under a summer moon)

© Estate of Jean Macdonald-Wright

Takotsubo ya hakanaki yume o natsu no tsuki (An octopus trap and fleeting dreams under a summer moon)
Takotsubo ya hakanaki yume o natsu no tsuki (An octopus trap and fleeting dreams under a summer moon)
ArtistAmerican, 1890–1973
PrinterAmerican, active Japan, 1927–2007
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Takotsubo ya hakanaki yume o natsu no tsuki (An octopus trap and fleeting dreams under a summer moon)
  • from the Haiga portfolio
Date1966–1967
Printed inKyoto, Japan
MediumWoodcut in colors on Japanese paper, edition 44/50
DimensionsBlock: 16 × 19 13/16 in. (40.7 × 50.4 cm)
 Sheet: 17 15/16 × 21 9/16 in. (45.5 × 54.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of the estate of Stanton and Jean Macdonald-Wright
Object number2021.420.3
Non exposé

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, 1967; Estate of Stanton and Jean Macdonald-Wright, 1973; given to the MFAH, 2021.
Published References References/Exhibitions: None known for this portfolio. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below block, lower left: no.3 44/50 Basho – Stanton – Kyoto 1966-67
Recto: Artist's chop mark, stamped in red ink, below block, lower left
Recto: Watermark: none
Catalogue raisonnéNA

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Stanton Macdonald-Wright