Kabuki Rehearsal #2
Artist
Roger Yukata 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)
Image: 12 × 8 inches (30.48 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of C. Richard and Evelyn Belger
Object number2023.40.58
SignedSigned below the image: R Shimomura 2012
MarkingsSigned below the image: 9/34 Kabuki Rehearsal #2
Edition/State/Proof9/34
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionJapanese man facing right in three-quarter profile. Black hair or wig, robe in stripes of deep blue, red, yellow, black and white. Part of the proper right arm visible at the shoulder. The figure carries a possibly wooden object at lower right; unclear what it is. At the upper left, view of blue sky with four rows of barbed wire. Background on the right, pale yellow walls with wood struts.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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