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Sekino Jun'ichirō
The Puppet Maker1956

Not on view
Color woodblock print of an elderly figure in robes cradling a white infant form and painting it with a long brush, with a white theatrical mask hanging at the right

Sekino Jun'ichirō, The Puppet Maker, 1956, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Morris Press, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Sekino Jun'ichirō
Japan, 1914-1988
Title
The Puppet Maker
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1956
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 29 3/8 x 23 3/4 in. (74.6 x 60.3 cm); Sheet: 30 5/8 x 24 7/16 in. (77.9 x 62 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Morris Press
Accession Number
M.64.22.13
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.

Copyright
© Sekino Jun'ichirō

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