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Still Life, Hawaii

Sugimoto, Henry [ bio ]

Still Life, Hawaii

painting
H: 18 in, W: 15 in, D: 1 in
oil
canvas

Hawaii, ca. 1977

(92.97.42)

Gift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa, Japanese American National Museum

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Description

Stretched and unframed.

Still life of Ukulele leaning to the left off the canvas. A white sheet of paper, "Hawaian Melody" [Hawaiian Melody] stands to the right, behind it. In the foreground, a white shell, a pineapple, a white-purple flower with yellow stamen atop of a mango, and bunch of bananas. Four blue-topped coconut trees appear in upper right background.

Inscription
Signed in medium, bottom left: H. Sugimoto Written on back, center: Still Life-Hawaii, 18 x 15

All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in this collection must be submitted to the Hirasaki National Resource Center at the Japanese American National Museum (hnrc@janm.org).

 

 

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