Yasuo Kuniyoshi 1893-1953

The Downtown Gallery, New York
Lynn and Boris Kroll, East Hampton, New York
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1981

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, Watercolors, Drawings, and Prints, January-February 1941
New York, The Downtown Gallery, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Gouaches & Drawings, March-April 1941
Boston, Massachusetts, Boston University, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Retrospective Exhibition, February-March 1961
East Hampton, New York, Guild Hall, Selections from the Collection - Recent Acquisitions, May 1982
East Hampton, New York, Guild Hall, Selections from the Collection, June-July 1983
East Hampton, New York, Guild Hall, Highlights of the Collection, November-March 1985
East Hampton, New York, Guild Hall, Peggy Bacon and Her Circle, January-March 1988

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, New York, Whitney Museum Papers, 1948, microfilm roll N669
Yoshio Ozawa, Yasuo Kuniyoshi Biography, Tokyo, Japan, 1974
Yoshio Ozawa, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, The Journey of a Neo American Artist, Okayama, Japan, 1991, no. 242, illustrated pp. 30,129

Very good condition. Artist’s pin holes at bottom corners, some very slight, intermittent rubbing at extreme edges (most likely due to the mat/frame). One very small loss at lower right corner. The frame was made by Bumpie Ussi, who resided in Woodstock, NY and is most likely original to the piece.
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