Properties7
TypeArtwork
AuthorChris Ofili
MovementContemporary Art
WhereThe Museum of Modern Art
Year2008
Note createdFeb 12, 2026
Last updatedMar 19, 2026

Black Shunga

Portfolio of eleven etchings with gravure on pigmented paper, plate 18 5/16 × 10 3/8” (46.5 × 26.3 cm), sheet 26 3/8 × 17 1/2” (67 × 44.5 cm). Referencing Japanese erotic art (“shunga”), Ofili portrays intimate Black figures in richly textured prints. Part of the YBA generation, published by Two Palms Press, New York.