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Banana

Artist Roger Shimomura (American, born 1939)
Publisher The Lawrence Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1979)
Date2012
MediumLithograph on Rives BFK white paper
DimensionsSheet: 9 1/2 × 10 inches (24.13 × 25.4 cm)
Image: 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (19.05 × 19.05 cm)
Credit LineGift of C. Richard and Evelyn Belger
Object number2023.40.76
SignedSigned below the image: R Shimomura 2012
MarkingsSigned below the image: 11/30 “Banana”
Edition/State/Proof11/30
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionA banana with its yellow and black skin peeled half way back in three strips. The banana casts short shadows underneath it. Brown background except for a slanting band of yellow at the top.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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