Images(2)

painting

Maker Henry Sugimoto (American, 1900 - 1990)

Date1929

Object Namepainting

Mediumoil, canvas

Dimensions24 1/2 x 20 in. (62.2 x 50.8 cm)

ClassificationsFine Arts

Credit LineGift of Madeleine Sugimoto

Object number2015.2.96

Description1 unstretched canvas with paintings on both sides. On one side is a painting of two white roses arranged in a shallow mint green bowl. One rose is facing the viewer and rose on left is drooping. The roses have a generous amount of leaves. The bowl is resting on a blue tablecloth with a pink and blue striped background. The bottom left and right corners are painted red and yellow. Signed near bottom left corner: H. Sugimoto 1929. Below the painting, written in pencil in bottom left corner: 0-71. The other side is a painting of a seated nude woman. She has short brown hair and her face is tilted slightly to the left. She is seated on a green cushion. To her right, there is a painting of a figure in the corner. The background of the painting is various shades of green and brown. Painting was originally nailed to two other paintings (2015.2.95 and 2015.2.97).