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Aka aka to hi wa tsurenaku mo aki no kaze (Bright red sun cruelly hot but the wind is of autumn),

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 Matsuo Bashō, 1644–1694
2020-246.5

Information

Title
Aka aka to hi wa tsurenaku mo aki no kaze (Bright red sun cruelly hot but the wind is of autumn)
Dates

mid-1960s

Medium
Woodblock print
Dimensions
block: 55.6 × 40.5 cm (21 7/8 × 15 15/16 in.) sheet: 54.2 × 45.2 cm (21 5/16 × 17 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Stanton and Jean Macdonald-Wright Estate
Object Number
2020-246.5
Place Made

Asia, Japan, Kyoto

Inscription
Numbered, titled, editioned and dated in graphite verso lower edge: 5 "Bright red sun cruelly hot but the wind is of autumn-" Basho | 26/50 | 1966-67
Culture
Techniques
Subject

Estate of Stanton Macdonald-Wright