American Muse
Artist
Roger Yukata Shimomura
(American, born 1939)
Printer
The Lawrence Lithography Workshop
(American, founded 1979)
MediumPainted lithograph on paper
DimensionsImage and sheet: 47 × 32 1/4 inches (119.38 × 81.92 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund and the Andrew Atterbury and Gwen Prentice Fund
Object number2024.9.121
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DescriptionThis hand-colored cartoon with color chart and notations in the right-hand margin depicts at the lower right, the head and shoulder of woman of Asian heritage with black hair streaked with white; pompadour on top and curls by her proper right ear. Glasses with square lenses, smile with red lipstick; red blouse. Above her a work of abstract art in black, white, blue, yellow, and red. On the lower left, a covered casserole pot in grey with a white (glass?) cover with a black handle. Behind it, a grill with the cover pulled up and a small fan in the center of the top. Above the grill, a print with a wave in blue and white against a red sea and yellow sky.Provenance
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