Haku Maki \"June\" woodblock work numbered 60/202 , dated 1977 For Sale

Haku Maki\'s work\"June\" unframed woodblockwork numbered 60/202, dated 1976signed by the artist in pencil.

An important theme in the works of the artist, Maki didthe 12 months of the year, written left to right, based on katakana, using theold words for the lunar months (see Daniel Tetriak,The Life and Works ofHaku Maki)

Dimensions:3 1/2 inches wide X 6 inches tall; 34.3 cm wide X 15.2 cm tall

Provenance: From a private collection in Texas, acknowledged among the notable collections of Haku Maki\'s work in the United States by Daniel Tretiak in \'The Life and Works of Haku Maki.\' Comes with the purchase receipts.

Haku Maki (1924 – 2000)was a Japanese artist of the second half of the 20th century. He first made his name and his living by producing prints featuring Chinese characters (kanji). His life as an artist dates from the mid-1950s, when the earliest known Maki prints began appearing.

Haku Maki was born in Aso-machi in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1924, as Maejima Tadaaki. In the late 1950s, he selected the name Haku Maki to show his humility and self-styled confusion. If translated literally,\"Maki\" is Roll, \"Haku\" is White.

Haku Maki became famous by using old Chinese and Japanese kanji characters and refining them into abstract compositions of archaic look. Later the artist chose persimmons and ceramics as his favorite subjects.

In the US, there are fine collections of Maki prints:

The Ren Brown Collection and Scriptum Gallery (both in northern California) are strong, as are The Brandt Collection, Azuma Gallery, Frank Castle’s Castle Fine Arts,Petrie Rogers Asian Fine Art and Antiques, Floating World Gallery, and James Main Fine Art.There is alsoGalerie am Haus der Kunst in Munich, Germany.

Some museums have good collections—these include Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Portland Art Museum, Cincinnati Museum of Art, and the Cleveland Art Museum.