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Lovers 2

Artist Roger Shimomura (American, born 1939)
Publisher The Lawrence Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1979)
Date2015
MediumLithograph on Rives BFK white paper
DimensionsSheet: 14 × 13 1/2 inches (35.56 × 34.29 cm)
Image: 10 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (26.67 × 26.67 cm)
Credit LineGift of C. Richard and Evelyn Belger
Object number2023.40.62
SignedSigned below the image: Roger Shimomura 2015
MarkingsSigned below the image: 3/45 “Lovers 2”
Edition/State/Proof3/45
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DescriptionAgainst a light blue background, a Japanese woman’s face on the left, with pale yellow skin, curly black hair and a red hat and red lipstick, smiles at a Caucasian man on the right. His head is seen in profile facing left. He smiles at her. He has either blond hair with black shading or a black-spotted yellow hat.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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