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Live Auction

20th Century, Modern & Contemporary Fine Art

Sat, Jun 2, 2018 11:00AM EDT
Lot 76

YASUO KUNIYOSHI (1889-1953): ATTACKED WORM

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
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Casein on board, 1951, signed 'Kuniyoshi' lower left, with label from Owen Gallery, NY. 12 x 20 1/4 in., 18 x 26 in. (frame). Provenance: The Downtown Gallery, NY; Sold Christie's, NY, September 25, 2008, Lot 199. Literature: Israel Museum, American Art: Selections from the Jack Lawrence and Walter Myden Collection, no. 46, n.p.; Fukutake Publishing, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Okayama, Japan, 1989, p. 163, no. 344, illustrated. Exhibited: Jerusalem, Israel, The Israel Museum, and elsewhere, American Art: Selections from the Jack Lawrence and Walter Myden Collection, 1969, no. 46; Rockville, Maryland, Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, The Lawrence-Myden Collection of American Art, September 7-October 5, 1969, no. 24; Los Angeles, California, The Footlighters Child Guidance Clinic, The Lawrence-Myden Collection, n.d.