Lot 27 : Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1893-1953)

Yasuo Kuniyoshi - 1893-1953

Auction Location: United States of America - 2005
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Artist or Maker:

Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1893-1953)

Title:

The Clown

Description:

The Clown
signed 'Kuniyoshi' (upper left)
oil on masonite
26 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (66.7 x 51.4 cm.)
Painted in 1948.

Provenance:

The Butler Institue of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio.
The Downtown Gallery, New York.
Corporate collection, Japan, circa 1990-91.

Exhibited:

Chicago, Illinois, The Art Institute of Chicago, Fifty Ninth Annual American Exhibition, Watercolors and Drawings, November 2, 1948-January 2, 1949.
New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, Westminster College, March 23-April 12, 1949.
Greenville, Pennsylvania, Thiel College, April 14-May 11, 1949.
St. Louis, Missouri, Washington University, Art Display Committee, March 1950.
New York, The Downtown Gallery, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Exhibition of New Paintings, April 4-22, 1950.
Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock State College, February 1954.
New York, The Downtown Gallery, Circus Themes by Yasuo Kuniyoshi, February 23-March 19, 1955.
Flint, Michigan, Flint Institute of the Arts, September 20-October 8, 1956.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Art Center, November 1958-February 1959.
Zanesville, Ohio, Zanesville Art Center, September 15-November 1, 1960. Indiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana State College, November-December 1964.
Greenburgh, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland Museum of Art, January-February 1965.
Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, 20th Century American Masters, January 16-February 2, 1982.
Cheekwood, Tennessee, Cheekwood Fine Arts Center, March 20-May 2, 1982. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, June 25-September 19, 1982.
Springfield, Massachusetts, Springfield Art Museum, 20th Centurey American Masters: 1915-1957, October 3-November 14, 1982.