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The Artistic Journey of Yasuo Kuniyoshi
April 3, 2015 - August 30, 2015
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All works by Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889–1953)
1. Self-Portrait, 1918
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches
Fukutake Collection
Okayama, Japan
2. Landscape, 1920
Oil on canvas
16 1/8 x 20 1/8 inches
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Museum purchase 1965.38
3. Maine Family, 1922-1923
Oil on canvas
30 1/4 x 24 1/8 inches
The Phillips Collection
Washington, D.C., Acquired 1940
4. Eggplant, 1921
Ink on paper
15 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches
The Phillips Collection
Washington, D.C., Acquired 1940
5. The Widow, 1921
Pen and black ink and wash
15 1/2 x 11 3/10 inches
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Gift of George Hopper Fitch 1986.2.80
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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6. Bedroom, 1922
Pen, brush, black ink and charcoal
15 1/2 x 11 3/10 inches
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
St. Louis Art Museum, Museum Purchase 151:1966
7. Remains of Lunch, 1922
Pen and ink, bruch and ink on paper
13 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches
Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen
Endowment 2003.18
8. The Dream, 1922
Ink and ink wash on paper
22 3/8 x 15 3/8 inches
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Fort Worth, Texas
9. The Calf Doesn’t Want To Go, 1922
Ink on paper,
15 3/8 x 22 5/8 inches
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Katherine S. Dreier Bequest 1953
10. Upstream, 1922
Oil on canvas, 29 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches
Denver Art Museum
Bequest of Marion Hendrie
11. Adam and Eve (The Fall of Man), 1922
Oil on canvas
20 x 30 inches
Private collection
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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12. Boy Stealing Fruit, 1923
Oil on canvas
20 x 30 inches
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio,
Gift of Ferdinand Howald
13. Little Joe with Cow, 1923
Oil on canvas
28 x 42 inches
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Bentonville, Arkansas
14. Grapes in White Bowl, 1923
Pen, ink, colored ink and graphite on paper
22 1/8 x 15 1/4 inches
Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art
Hartford, CT, Gift of William E. Hill
15. Squash, 1924
Pencil, pen, ink and watercolor on white paper
15 1/5 x 22 1/5 inches
Indianapolis Museum of Art
The Robert and Traude Hensel Collection 1992.91
16. Sleeping Beauty, 1924
Pen and ink, brush and ink, and graphite pencil on paper
15 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, Gift of Mrs. Edith Gregor Halpert 54.54
17. Bad Dream, 1924
Ink on paper
24 x 30 inches
Collection Ogunquit Museum of American Art
Gift of Henry Strater 1953.12
18. Lady Slipper, 1924
Pen, brush and colored ink on paper
22 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, Gift of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 31.555
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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19. Fisherman, 1924
Ink on paper
22 x 28 3/8 inches
The Museum of Modern Art
New York, Given anonymously (by exchange) 1936
20. Island of Happiness, 1924
Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
21. Child Frightened by Water, 1924
Oil on canvas
30 1/8 x 24 1/16 inches
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC,
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn 1966
22. Sisters Frightened by a Whale, 1923
Oil on canvas
15 1/8 x 22 3/16 inches
University of Tsukuba, The Ishii Collection
23. The Swimmer, about 1924
Oil on canvas
20 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches
Columbus Museum of Art
Ohio, Gift of Ferdinand Howald
24. Self-Portrait as a Photographer, 1924
Oil on canvas
20 1/2 x 30 1/4 inches
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bequest of Scofield Thayer 1982
25. Orange, 1925
Watercolor and ink on paper
14 1/4 x 18 7/8 inches
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire
Gift of Warren S. Hallamore in Memory of his Sister
Alma G. Hallamore
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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26. Girl on a sofa, 1925
Oil on canvas
36 3/4 x 43 inches
Collection of the Arizona State University Art Museum
Gift of Oliver B. James
27. Circus Girl Resting, 1925
Oil on canvas
38 2/5 x 28 1/2 inches
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art
Auburn University, Advancing American Art Collection
28. Strong Woman with Child, 1925
Oil on canvas
57 1/4 x 44 7/8 inches
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation 1986.6.50
29. Self-Portrait as a Golf Player, 1927
Oil on canvas
50 1/4 x 40 1/4 inches
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund 1938
30. Untitled (Boat Deck), 1930s
Ink on paper
21 x 15 inches
Private collection
31. The Twist Loaf, 1930
Oil on line, Overall: 30 1/4 x 42 1/4 inches
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, Museum purchase 31.272
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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32. Weathervane and Objects on a Sofa, 1933
Oil on canvas, 34 x 60 inches
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Gift of Wright S. Ludington 1942.30
33. Girl Thinking, 1935
Oil on canvas
50 x 40 inches
Fukutake Collection, Okayama, Japan
34. Daily News, 1935
Oil on canvas
50 x 33 3/16 inches
Cincinnati Art Museum
The Edwin and Virginia Irwin Memorial 1959.48
35. Café, 1937
Oil on linen, 16 1/4 x 12 3/8 inches
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, Museum purchase 37.40
36. Waiting, 1938
Oil on canvas
40 x 31 inches
Collection of Gallery Nii
Osaka, Japan
37. Watermelon, 1938
Oil on canvas
40 x 56 inches
Fukutake Collection, Okayama, Japan
38. Upside Down Table and Mask, 1940
Oil on canvas
60 1/5 x 35 1/5 inches
Fukutake Collection, Okayama, Japan
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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39. End of Juanita, 1942
Oil on canvas
44 1/4 x 34 1/4 inches
Brooklyn Museum
Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal 1992.11.23
40. Killer, or Chinese Woman Praying (Study for War Poster), 1942
Pencil on paper,
16 4/5 x 13 7/10 inches
Fukutake Collection, Okayama, Japan
41. Water Cure No. 1 (Study for War Poster), 1942
Pencil on paper
16 4/5 x 13 7/10 inches
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Fukutake Collection, Okayama, Japan
42. Hanged (Study for War Poster), 1943
Pencil on paper
16 3/5 x 13 7/10 inches
Fukutake Collection, Okayama, Japan
43. Between Two Worlds, 1939
Oil on canvas
24 x 40 3/16 inches
Collection of Gallery Nii, Osaka, Japan
44. Somebody Tore My Poster, 1943
Oil on canvas
46 1/16 x 26 3/16 inches
Collection of Gallery Nii, Osaka, Japan
45. Torture, 1943
Pencil on paper
40 x 28 1/2 inches
Collection of John Cassara
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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46. Clean Up This Mess No. 2 (Study for War Poster), 1942
Pencil on paper
16 4/5 x 13 7/10 inches
Fukutake Collection, Okayama, Japan
47. At Work, 1943
Casein on gesso panel
19 x 14 inches
Fukutake Collection, Okayama, Japan
48. Murdered, 1944
Ink with pen and dry brush on paper
Sheet: 22 9/16 x 28 5/8 inches
Brooklyn Museum
Gift of Mrs. Milton Lowenthal 1991.109.1
49. Rotting on the Shore, 1945
Oil on canvas
46 x 36 inches
Norton Museum of Art
Bequest of R.H. Norton 53.100
50. Landscape with Two Dogs, 1945
Oil on canvas
10 5/8 x 18 1/2 inches
Fukutake Collection, Okayama, Japan
51. Mother and Daughter, 1945
Oil on canvas
40 1/4 x 30 1/4 inches
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Patrons Art Fund 46.1
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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52. She Walks Among the Ruins, 1945-46
Oil on canvas
43 x 34 inches
Menard Art Museum, Japan
53. Look it Flies!, 1946
Oil on canvas
39 3/4 x 30 3/8 inches
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
Smithsonian Institution
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn 1966
54. Hot Day, before 1948
brush and gray and black ink, with black chalk,
abrasion and traces of graphite and white chalk
sheet: 28 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1919.1948
55. I Wear a Mask Today, 1946-1947
Wax on canvas
12 1/5 x 9 inches
Fukutake Collection, Okayama, Japan
56. Fresh Fly, about 1947
Ink and gouache on paper
28 x 22 inches
Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Gift of Mrs. Sam B. Cantey, III
57. Festivities Ended, 1947
Oil on canvas
39 3/10 x 69 1/5 inches
Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
58. This is My Playground, 1947
Oil on canvas
27 x 44 inches
Fukutake Collection, Okayama, Japan
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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59. Disturbing Dream, 1948
Casein on gesso panel
20 x 30 inches
Fukutake Collection, Okayama, Japan
60. Forbidden Fruit, 1950
Oil on canvas
32 2/5 x 50 1/5 inches
Courtesy of the Syracuse University Art Collection
61. Fish Kite, 1950
Oil on canvas
30 x 49 2/5 inches
Fukutake Collection, Okayama, Japan
62. Fakirs, 1946
Oil on canvas
50 1/4 x 32 1/4 inches
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation 1986.6.93
63. Mr. Ace, 1952
Oil on canvas
46 x 26 3/10 inches
Fukutake Collection, Okayama, Japan
64. Fish Head, 1952
Ink and wash on paper
22 x 28 inches
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rogers Fund 1953 (53.30)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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65. Work At Dawn, 1952
Pen and ink and brush and ink on paper
Sheet (Sight): 18 1/2 x 28 1/4 inches
Mount (Board): 24 7/16 x 34 3/16 x 3/16 inches
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Gift of Mrs. Sara Mazo Kuniyoshi
Inn honor of Lloyd Goodrich 70.43
66. Old Tree, 1953
Ink on paper
Image: 28 1/2 x 22 5/8 inches
Image with mat: 33 1/4 x 27 1/2 inches
Frame 40 7/8 x 35 1/4 inches
Delaware Art Museums, Special Purchase Fund 1953
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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