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The Little Pond

1942

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Associated Names

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Artist, American, born Japan, 1889 - 1953

Living American Art

Publisher

The image shows a landscape with a path from water in the foreground leading up to buildings and hills in the distance. The horizon features hills and brush, under a sky with clouds. The middle section contains buildings, including one white structure. The grass and water near the viewer show expressive brushstrokes blending tones for texture. The color palette includes muted tones like grays, browns, and greens with subtle highlights. A branch or driftwood piece is partly submerged in the water in the foreground.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color screenprint on wove paper
Credit Line

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

image: 26 × 38.7 cm (10 1/4 × 15 1/4 in.)
sheet: 32.9 × 43 cm (12 15/16 × 16 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.2971
Catalogue Raisonné

Davis 1991, no. U-6

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1991

Davis, Richard A. Yasuo Kuniyoshi: The Complete Graphic Work. San Francisco, CA: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1991, pp. 274-275, no. U-6.

Inscriptions

lower left on screen: Y. Kuniyoshi

Wikidata ID

Q76443297

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