American Muse
Artist
Roger Yukata Shimomura
(American, born 1939)
Publisher
The Lawrence Lithography Workshop
(American, founded 1979)
Date2017
MediumLithograph on Rives BFK white paper
DimensionsImage: 24 × 24 1/4 inches (60.96 × 61.6 cm)
Sheet: 28 × 27 1/4 inches (71.12 × 69.29 cm)
Sheet: 28 × 27 1/4 inches (71.12 × 69.29 cm)
Credit LineGift of C. Richard and Evelyn Belger
Object number2023.40.54
SignedSigned below the image: Roger Shimomura 2017
MarkingsSigned below the image: LLW IMP American Muse
Edition/State/ProofLLW IMP
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionColor lithograph. Lower right, head and shoulder of woman of Asian heritage with black hair streaked with white; pompadour on top and curls by her proper right ear. Glasses with square lenses, smile with red lipstick; red blouse. Above her a work of abstract art in black, white, blue, yellow, and red. On the lower left, a covered casserole pot in grey with a white (glass?) cover with a black handle. Behind it, a grill with the cover pulled up and a small fan in the center of the top. Above the grill, a print with a wave in blue and white against a red sea and yellow sky.ProvenanceC. Richard Belger and Evelyn Craft Belger, Kansas City, MO;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.
Copyright© Roger Yukata Shimomura
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