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Matsumi Kanemitsu

Happy Season

1951

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Matsumi Kanemitsu

Happy Season

1951

Physical Qualities Pen and black ink on paper, Sheet: 76 × 155 mm. (3 × 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of J. Blankfard Martenet
Object Number 2012.711.111
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.
Matsumi Kanemitsu: Figure and Fantasy

Inscribed: Recto: upper left, in black ink: "Happy Season"; lower right, in black ink: "M Kanemitsu"; lower right, in graphite: "1952"; Verso: none

Markings: None

Artist

Matsumi Kanemitsu

1921–1991

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