Super Buddahead
Artist
Roger Yukata Shimomura
(American, born 1939)
Publisher
The Lawrence Lithography Workshop
(American, founded 1979)
Date2012
MediumLithograph on Arches Cover white paper
DimensionsSheet: 33 1/2 × 13 inches (85.09 × 33.02 cm)
Image: 29 1/2 × 10 inches (74.93 × 25.4 cm)
Image: 29 1/2 × 10 inches (74.93 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of C. Richard and Evelyn Belger
Object number2023.40.56
SignedSigned below the image: Roger Shimomura 2012
MarkingsSigned below the image: LLW IMP Super Buddhahead
Edition/State/Proof2/40
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionTall vertical print. A man in blue and red Superman costume – blue body suit with red and yellow triangular S on the chest; red and black boots; red, yellow, and black pants; red cape billowing behind him – running toward the viewer, his proper right arm and hand across his body. The realistic face suggests a self-portrait: round glasses, a light mustache and short beard, and short black hair.ProvenanceC. Richard Belger and Evelyn Craft Belger, Kansas City, MO;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.
Copyright© Roger Yukata Shimomura
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