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Matsumi Kanemitsu

Two Faces in Swirling Darkness

1948

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Matsumi Kanemitsu

Two Faces in Swirling Darkness

1948

Physical Qualities Pen and black ink, oil paint, and sand on paper, Sheet: 381 × 280 mm. (15 × 11 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of J. Blankfard Martenet
Object Number 2012.711.35
Matsumi Kanemitsu: Figure and Fantasy

Inscribed: Recto: lower left, in black ink: "M. Kanemitsu / 1949"; Verso: lower left, in graphite: "TURP. OIL + IODINE + SAND + PEN"; lower right, in graphite: "$15.00"

Markings: None

Artist

Matsumi Kanemitsu

1921–1991

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