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Matsumi Kanemitsu

The Eye

1952

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Matsumi Kanemitsu

The Eye

1952

Physical Qualities Pen and black ink and wash on paper, Sheet: 120 × 90 mm. (4 3/4 × 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of J. Blankfard Martenet
Object Number 2012.711.107
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.
Leslie Cozzi, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matsumi Kanemitsu: Figure and Fantasy," May 14 - October 8, 2023.

Inscribed: Recto: upper left, in black ink: "M Kanemitsu / 1952"; Verso: none

Markings: None

Artist

Matsumi Kanemitsu

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

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