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Two Pears and Strawberries—(Still Life)

1937

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Associated Names

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Artist, American, born Japan, 1889 - 1953

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

American Artists Group

Publisher

The image depicts a group of pear-like objects arranged in the center, surrounded by other similar-shaped objects. The color palette is grayscale with varying shades to create depth and texture. The larger pear-like objects are leaning towards the left, with smaller ones clustered around them on the right and one standing apart on the far right.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black on wove paper
Credit Line

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

image: 22.23 × 29.85 cm (8 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.5272
Catalogue Raisonné

Davis 1991, no. L-73

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, CT; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

Bibliography

1991

Davis, Richard A. Yasuo Kuniyoshi: The Complete Graphic Work. San Francisco, CA: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1991, pp. 244-245, no. L-73.

Wikidata ID

Q76555459

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