Animations:

Visit
Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Open 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Visit
Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Pears, Grapes, and Peach

1927

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Associated Names

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Artist, American, born Japan, 1889 - 1953

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

A large bowl of fruit, prominently featuring pears and grapes, is in the center left of the image. The color palette is mainly monochrome, with shades of black, gray, and white. The bowl, intricately patterned, is in the foreground, with a floral curtain and a partially seen window on the left side. To the right, there is a landscape with a cloudy sky, a line of trees, and a building stretching horizontally across the horizon.

This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.

Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 33 × 42.5 cm (13 × 16 3/4 in.)
sheet: 40.6 × 48.3 cm (16 × 19 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.2970
Catalogue Raisonné

Davis 1991, no. L-7

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1991

Davis, Richard A. Yasuo Kuniyoshi: The Complete Graphic Work. San Francisco, CA: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1991, pp. 110-111, no. L-7.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 1/50; lower right in graphite; Yasuo Kuniyoshi 27

Wikidata ID

Q76442981

You may be interested in