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Butterflies

MUNAKATA Shikō
Butterflies
 1959

Medium
colour woodblock

Measurements
20.4 × 16.2 cm (image) (23.4 × 18.0 cm) (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Ruth McNicoll, 1996
© Munakata Shikō Estate

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Gallery location
Level 1, NGV International

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Japan

Edition
ed. 8/170

Inscription
inscribed in pencil (in Japanese characters) l.l.: (Shiko)
inscribed in pencil l.l.: Munakata / 1959
stamped in red ink l.c.: (artist's seal)
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 8/170

Accession Number
1996.369

Department
Asian Art

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