Matsumi Kanemitsu
Abstracted Rooster
1941-1956
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Matsumi Kanemitsu
Abstracted Rooster
1941-1956
Physical Qualities
Watercolor, Unframed: 5 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (14.6 x 19.1 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of J. Blankfard Martenet
Object Number
2022.274
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.
Found in collection, 2021; J. Blankfard Martenet by bequest, 1957.
Leslie Cozzi, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matsumi Kanemitsu: Figure and Fantasy," May 14 - October 8, 2023.
Artist
Matsumi Kanemitsu
1921–1991
born Odgen, UT 1922; died Los Angeles, CA 1992
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