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Flowers

Yasuo Kuniyoshi (American (born in Japan), 1889–1953)
1932

Medium/Technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 76.52 x 51.43 cm (30 1/8 x 20 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the William H. Lane Foundation
Accession Number1990.421
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsPaintings

InscriptionsLower left: Yasuo Kunioshi/32. [crescent and star in circle]
ProvenanceFrom the artist to his wife, Sara Mazo Kuniyoshi (b. 1910 – d. 2006), New York; consigned byy Sara Mazo Kuniyoshi to Downtown Gallery, New York; May 28, 1954, sold by Downtown Gallery to the William H. Lane Foundation, Leominster, MA [see note 1]; 1990, gift of the William H. Lane Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 18, 1990)

NOTES:
[1] Archives of American Art, Downtown Gallery Records, Series 4, Business Recores: Sales Slips (1 of 2), 1954: Reel 5627 (Box 72), Frame 933.
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