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Atsu kurushi midaregokoro ya rai o kiku (Cruel heat, my mind in a whirl, I listen to the thunder rumble),

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 Masaoka Shiki, 1867–1902
2020-246.17

Information

Title
Atsu kurushi midaregokoro ya rai o kiku (Cruel heat, my mind in a whirl, I listen to the thunder rumble)
Dates

mid-1960s

Maker
Stanton Macdonald-Wright
Printed by Clifton Karhu
Haiku by Masaoka Shiki
Medium
Woodblock print
Dimensions
block: 40.5 × 50.5 cm (15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in.) sheet: 45.4 × 54.3 cm (17 7/8 × 21 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Stanton and Jean Macdonald-Wright Estate
Object Number
2020-246.17
Place Made

Asia, Japan, Kyoto

Inscription
Numbered, titled, editioned and dated in graphite verso lower edge: 17 "Cruel heat, my mind in a whirl, I listen to the thunder rumble -" Shiki| 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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