Object Details
- Collection Creator
- Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953
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- Yasuo Kuniyoshi papers
- Sponsor
- Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by Stephen Diamond, the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, and the Terra Foundation for American Art. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
- Extent
- 2.1 Linear feet (Boxes 3-5, OV 19)
- Date
- circa 1924-2009
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.kuniyasu, Series 5
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Yasuo Kuniyoshi papers, 1906-2016, bulk 1920-1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- This series is arranged in alphabetical order.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Existence and Location of Copies
- The bulk of this series has been digitized. Materials which have not been digitized include blank pages, blank versos of photographs, and duplicates. In some cases, publications have had their covers, title pages, and relevant pages digitized.
- Scope and Contents note
- Found here are files on various aspects of Kuniyoshi's career and the sales of his work at galleries. These records include correspondence, printed material and other notes. Also found are files on projects and commissions, transcripts of the radio broadcast "Japan Against Japan," appraisals of artwork, authentications of artwork, card file inventories of Kuniyoshi's work owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, art inventories of his work at various galleries as well as private collections, and records of his participation in the Woodstock Art Conference. Many of the files found here were created by Sara Mazo Kuniyoshi during the management of the sale of artwork after Kuniyoshi's death. Included are gallery records, especialy documenting Kuniyoshi's dealings with the Downtown Gallery and Zabriskie Galleries; files regarding art dealers and collectors in both the United States and Japan; and other records of gifts, publication, sales, and special projects.
- Collection Restrictions
- This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510317801-1503510317839-1
