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Buddha (B) [Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; Japanese, Kannon bosatsu]

Saitō Kiyoshi

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Buddha (B) [Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; Japanese, Kannon bosatsu]
mid 20th century
Saitō Kiyoshi
color woodblock print on paper
23 5/8 in x 17 15/16 in (60 cm x 45.5 cm);20 11/16 in x 15 1/16 in (52.5 cm x 38.3 cm)
Gift of Dr. Lawrence Preuss
1987/1.241

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Subject Matter:

Despite the title given by the artist, this print is a highly abstracted representation of a famous 7th century sculpture of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (J. Kannon), in the collection of Hôryûji Temple, Nara.

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