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Abstracted Rooster

Matsumi Kanemitsu

Abstracted Rooster

1941-1956

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Matsumi Kanemitsu

Abstracted Rooster

1941-1956

Physical Qualities Watercolor, Unframed: 5 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (14.6 x 19.1 cm)
Credit Line Bequest of J. Blankfard Martenet
Object Number 2022.274
Along with a small panel painting and a miniature pen drawing, this case contains examples of correspondence Kanemitsu sent to Martenet upon his move to New York City. Snippets of text convey seasonal greetings while drawings of real and imagined subjects share insights into Kanemitsu’s life and mind in his new surroundings.
Found in collection, 2021; J. Blankfard Martenet by bequest, 1957.
Matsumi Kanemitsu: Figure and Fantasy

Artist

Matsumi Kanemitsu

1921–1991

born Odgen, UT 1922; died Los Angeles, CA 1992
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