Matsumi Kanemitsu
Box Party
1952
Scroll
Matsumi Kanemitsu
Box Party
1952
Physical Qualities
Pen and black ink on paper, Sheet: 295 × 370 mm. (11 5/8 × 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of J. Blankfard Martenet in Memory of Belle Boas
Object Number
1954.2
A rag-tag group cavorts with boxes and sticks on a street corner in this most carnivalesque of Kanemitsu’s drawings. The subject is difficult to identify, and the image appears simultaneously menacing and playful. Perhaps this is an image of displaced individuals drawn from the darker, more anxious quarters of Kanemitsu’s imagination, or perhaps this is simply a group of young children whiling away their free time with make-believe.
Matsumi Kanemitsu: Figure and Fantasy
Inscribed: Recto: lower right, in black ink: "M Kanemitsu / 1953"; Verso: lower right, in black ink: "Box Party $50.00 / Life of Balto-show"
Markings: None
