Clifton Karhu

Katsura Evening - Kyoto

Clifton Karhu's original woodcut, "Katsura Evening - Kyoto" is printed on pure rag Kochi paper and with large, full margins as printed and published by the artist in the limited edition of eighty impressions in 1972. It is signed, dated, titled and numbered, '72/80', by Karhu in pencil along the lower margin. "Katsura Evening - Kyoto" is a fine, original example of the Japanese woodcut art created by the American artist, Clifton Karhu, one of Japan's finest modern masters.

Katsura Evening - Kyoto

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Title:	Katsura Evening - Kyoto
Artist:	Karhu, Clifton (Duluth, Minnesota, 1927 - Resides, Kyoto, Japan)
Date:	1972
Medium:	Original Woodcut
Note:	"Phonetically 'Karhu' could be a Japanese name, but it belongs to an American originally from Minnesota. Like the sound of his name, his art is Japanese in so many ways that he deserves to be included in a report on Japanese graphics. ... He has a talent for creating mood in such touches as a shaft of sunlight filtering into a courtyard or illumination falling onto a street at dusk." *
	Clifton Karhu's first exposure to Japan occurred in 1946 when he was serviceman of the American forces in occupied Japan. He was stationed at Sasebo, an American naval base near Nagasaki. Karhu then returned to his native state and studied painting and printmaking at the Minneapolis Art School from 1950 to 1952.
	In 1952 Clifton Karhu again journeyed to Japan, this time as a missionary for the Lutheran Church. He travelled extensively in this capacity, particularly in Kyoto, Shiga and Hiroshima. In 1958, however, Karhu became disillusioned with missionary work. He settled in Gifu prefecture and began his career as an artist. Within three years his paintings and watercolors were exhibited widely in Japan and, in 1961, he won first prize at the Middle Pacific Art Group Exhibition.
	Clifton Karhu moved to Kyoto in 1963 and shortly thereafter created his first woodcuts. One year later his woodcuts were exhibited in that city at the Yamada Gallery. During the following years his woodcuts (completely carved and printed by himself) have been included in major exhibitions in Japan, the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Austria and Finland. Karhu also owns the distinction of being the first elected foreign member of the Japan Print Association and is past President of the Kyoto Chapter. Today the woodcut art of Clifton Karhu is included in the permanent collections of such institutions as the Museum of Fine Arts and the Fogg Art Museum, Boston, the Minnesota Museum of Art, the Cincinnati Art Museum, Harvard University, the National Gallery of Australia, Japan Culture Institute and the Kunst Museum, Salzburg, Austria.
Edition:	Limited Edition of eighty impressions, Numbered 72/80.
Reference:	* Frances Blakemore, Who's Who in Modern Japanese Prints, New York, Weatherhill Inc., 1976, p. 68.
Size:	10 Diameter (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed on pure rag Kochi paper and with large, full margins as printed and published by the artist in the limited edition of eighty impressions in 1972. Signed, dated, titled and numbered, '72/80', by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. Katsura Evening - Kyoto represents a prime, original example of the famous woodcut art of Clifton Karhu, one of Japan's finest modern masters.
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