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Cho tonde waga mi mo chiri no tagui kana (Oh flying butterfly I feel myself a creature of dust),

mid-1960s

Stanton Macdonald-Wright, 1890–1973; born Charlottesville, VA; died Pacific Palisades, CA
Printed by Clifton Karhu, 1927–2007; born Duluth, MN; active Kyoto, Japan
Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, 1763–1828
2020-246.15

Information

Title
Cho tonde waga mi mo chiri no tagui kana (Oh flying butterfly I feel myself a creature of dust)
Dates

mid-1960s

Maker
Stanton Macdonald-Wright
Printed by Clifton Karhu
Haiku by Kobayashi Issa
Medium
Woodblock print
Dimensions
block: 50.2 × 42 cm (19 3/4 × 16 9/16 in.) sheet: 54.2 × 45.4 cm (21 5/16 × 17 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Stanton and Jean Macdonald-Wright Estate
Object Number
2020-246.15
Place Made

Asia, Japan, Kyoto

Inscription
Numbered, titled, editioned and dated in graphite verso lower edge: 15 "O flying butterfly I feel myself a creature of dust -" Issa| 26/50 | 1966-67
Culture
American, Japanese
Type
woodcuts, portfolios (groups of works), prints
Techniques
relief printing
Subject
abstraction, poems

Estate of Stanton Macdonald-Wright

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