Mao
Artist
Roger Yukata Shimomura
(American, born 1939)
Publisher
The Lawrence Lithography Workshop
(American, founded 1979)
Date2016
MediumLithograph on Somerset soft white paper
DimensionsSheet: 14 × 13 inches (35.56 × 33.02 cm)
Image: 10 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (26.67 × 26.67 cm)
Image: 10 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (26.67 × 26.67 cm)
Credit LineGift of C. Richard and Evelyn Belger
Object number2023.40.65
SignedSigned below the image: Roger Shimomura 2016
MarkingsSigned below the image: LLW IMP “Mao”
Edition/State/ProofLLW IMP
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage mostly in black and white. Kabuki actor at right, facing left in profil perdu, holds up a square mirror in his proper right hand. He has black hair pulled together into a pigtail that curves up onto his bare scalp and he wears a black robe with oval white polka dots. We don’t see his face, only his proper left ear. The image in the mirror is Andy Warhol’s Mao with a blue face, red lips, and a yellow background.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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