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Kabuki Rehearsal

Artist Roger Shimomura (American, born 1939)
Publisher The Lawrence Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1979)
Date2012
MediumLithograph on Arches Cover white paper
DimensionsSheet: 15 1/2 × 11 inches (39.37 × 27.94 cm)
Image: 12 × 8 inches (30.48 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of C. Richard and Evelyn Belger
Object number2023.40.57
SignedSigned below the image: R Shimomura 2012
MarkingsSigned below the image: 9/34 Kabuki Rehearsal
Edition/State/Proof9/34
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionOn the right, a Japanese woman with an elaborately curled and arranged wig with pink and red ornaments gazes into her reflection in the black-framed, circular mirror on the left. Part of the woman’s proper right hand can be seen between the two, tweaking the wig. Pale yellow walls with wood struts are visible in the background as well in the mirror. A window with a view to blue sky and two rows of barbed wire is at upper right.Provenance

C. 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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