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Study
Maker
Hisako Hibi
(Japanese American, 1907 - 1991)
Subject/sitter
Ibuki Hibi Lee
(1937-2025)
Date1942
Object Namepainting
Mediumoil, canvas
DimensionsH: 20 1/8 in, W: 16 1/8 in, D: 3/4 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Ibuki Hibi Lee
Object number98.138.2
DescriptionUnframed stretched canvas. Image of a young girl leaning over a desk wearing a red blouse. She is holding a pencil in one hand over a large white sheet of paper. Her other arm is outstretched resting on a green desk. Also on the desk are an apple and tin cup in BL and scissors and several tools in BC. A similar composition of this figure as a light sketch is in back corner at TL. Signed on bottom right, "HISAKO HIBI / OCT. 13 - 1942."
On top left white card on verso, "16 / "Study" / Topaz, Utah / Oct. 1942 / Oil" and on bottom right, "Study" / "My daughter / 5 1/2 year old."
On top left white card on verso, "16 / "Study" / Topaz, Utah / Oct. 1942 / Oil" and on bottom right, "Study" / "My daughter / 5 1/2 year old."
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Tatsuno, Dave M.
1936-1937
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