the artist, Woodstock, N. Y. and New York (until 1950; sold through the Downtown Gallery, New York to MMA)
New York. Downtown Gallery. "Yasuo Kuniyoshi: Exhibition of New Paintings," April 4–22, 1950, no. 6.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "20th Century Painters: A Special Exhibition of Oils, Water Colors and Drawings Selected from the Collections of American Art in the Metropolitan Museum," June 16–October 29, 1950, unnum. brochure (p. 8; dated 1948–49).
Hempstead, N. Y. Hofstra College. "Metropolitan Museum Masterpieces," June 26–September 1, 1952, brochure no. 47.
San Francisco. California Palace of the Legion of Honor. "Carnegie Institute's 1952 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting," February 1–March 1, 1953, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Painting, 1754–1954," December 18, 1953–September 1954, no catalogue [see Ref. Hale 1954].
New York. Downtown Gallery. "Circus Themes by Yasuo Kuniyoshi," February 23–March 19, 1955, no. 8 (dated 1949).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Feininger, Kuhn, Kuniyoshi, Marin and Nordfeldt," February 24–April 29, 1956, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Junior Museum. "How to Look at Paintings," September 17, 1958–June 26, 1960, not in brochure.
Boston University Art Gallery. "Retrospective Exhibition: Yasuo Kuniyoshi," February 24–March 18, 1961, no. 56 (dated 1950).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Three Centuries of American Painting," April 9–October 17, 1965, unnum. checklist.
Norwich, Conn. Slater Memorial Museum. "A Survey of American Art," February 4–25, 1968, no. 25.
Gainesville. University Gallery, University of Florida. "A Special Loan Retrospective Exhibition of Works by Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 1893–1953," February 7–March 30, 1969, no. 37.
Washington, D.C. National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution. "A Special Loan Retrospective Exhibition of Works by Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 1893–1953," May 9–June 29, 1969, no. 37.
University Art Museum, University of Texas at Austin. "Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 1889–1953: A Retrospective Exhibition," February 9–March 23, 1975, unnumbered cat. (p. 50).
Madison. Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin. "Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 1889–1953: A Retrospective Exhibition," April 13–May 18, 1975, unnumbered cat.
Athens. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia. "Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 1889–1953: A Retrospective Exhibition," June 8–July 13, 1975, unnumbered cat.
Tokyo. Bridgestone Museum. "Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 1889–1953: A Retrospective Exhibition," September 6–October 26, 1975, no. 46.
Nagoya. Prefectural Museum of Aichi. "Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 1889–1953: A Retrospective Exhibition," October 29–November 10, 1975, no. 46.
Museum of Modern Art, Hyogo. "Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 1889–1953: A Retrospective Exhibition," November 15–December 21, 1975, no. 46.
Windsor, Ontario. Art Gallery of Windsor. "Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 1889–1953: A Retrospective Exhibition," January 4–February 8, 1976, unnumbered cat.
Southampton, N. Y. Parrish Art Museum. "Twentieth Century American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 25–December 31, 1977, no. 21.
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. "La Peinture Américaine au 20e Siècle de la Collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 28–August 23, 1978, no. 20 (as "Sortie").
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Tribute to a Curator: Robert Beverly Hale," November 16, 1978–March 4, 1979, extended to March 18, 1979, no catalogue.
New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Art Gallery. "Realism and Realities: The Other Side of American Painting, 1940–1960," January 17–March 26, 1982, no. 86.
Jacksonville, Fla. Jacksonville Art Museum. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 9–April 21, 1985, unnumbered cat. (p. 157).
Oklahoma City. Oklahoma Museum of Art. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 5–June 30, 1985, unnumbered cat.
New York. National Academy of Design. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," July 16–September 1, 1985, unnumbered cat.
Evanston, Ill. Terra Museum of American Art. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 15–November 10, 1985, unnumbered cat.
Little Rock. Arkansas Arts Center. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," November 12, 1985–January 19, 1986, unnumbered cat.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 9–March 30, 1986, unnumbered cat.
St. Paul. Minnesota Museum of Art. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 20–June 8, 1986, unnumbered cat.
Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum. "Yasuo Kuniyoshi," November 1–December 24, 1989, no. 108.
Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art. "Yasuo Kuniyoshi," January 5–February 12, 1990, no. 108.
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. "Yasuo Kuniyoshi," February 20–April 1, 1990, no. 108.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "14 Americans," July 16, 1990–January 2, 1991, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Painting: 1905–1950," April 19–October 7, 1991, no catalogue.
Woodstock, N. Y. Woodstock Artists Association. "At Woodstock, Kuniyoshi," August 2–October 20, 2003, no. 35.
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. "Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889–1953)," March 23–May 16, 2004, no. 98.
Museum of Modern Art, Toyama. "Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889–1953)," May 29–July 19, 2004, no. 98.
Nagoya. Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art. "Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889–1953)," August 6–September 26, 2004, no. 98.
Robert Beverly Hale. 100 American Painters of the 20th Century: Works Selected from the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1950, ill. p. 111 (color), dates it 1948–49.
Henry McBride. "The Recent Kuniyoshi." Art News 49 (April 1950), p. 64.
Margaret Breuning. "Kuniyoshi's High Key." Art Digest 24 (April 15, 1950), p. 14, ill. front cover (color).
Carlyle Burrows. "Art Week: Rattner's Oils Renew the Gothic Spirit; Work by Kuniyoshi." New York Herald Tribune (April 9, 1950), p. C9.
Robert Beverly Hale. "American Painting 1754–1954." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 12 (March 1954), ill. p. 191.
Carlyle Burrows. "Circus Work of Kuniyoshi; With New Themes of Italy." New York Herald Tribune (February 27, 1955), p. E15.
R[obert]. R[osenblum]. "Fortnight in Review: Yasuo Kuniyoshi." Arts 29 (March 1, 1955), p. 27, discusses the works in Exh. New York 1955.
Robert M. Coates. "The Art Galleries: Five and One." New Yorker 32 (March 10, 1956), p. 119.
Henry Geldzahler. American Painting in the Twentieth Century. New York, 1965, p. 86, ill.
A. L. Chanin. Art Guide/ New York. New York, 1965, pp. 100–101, no. 151, ill., dates it 1948–49.
"Art Across the U.S.A.: Kuniyoshi." Apollo 89 (June 1969), p. 479, fig. 4.
Donald B. Goodall inYasuo Kuniyoshi, 1889–1953: A Retrospective Exhibition. Exh. cat., University Art Museum, University of Texas at Austin. Austin, 1975, pp. 41, 66, ill. p. 50.
Helen A. Harrison inTwentieth Century American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Parrish Art Museum. Southampton, N. Y., 1977, p. 27, no. 21, ill.
Helen A. Harrison inLa Peinture Américaine au 20e Siècle de la Collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. Brussels, 1978, unpaginated, no. 20, ill., reprints Ref. Harrison 1977.
Greta Berman and Jeffrey Wechsler. Realism and Realities: The Other Side of American Painting, 1940–1960. Exh. cat., Rutgers University Art Gallery. New Brunswick, N. J., 1981, pp. 75, 190, no. 86, fig. 88.
Masanori Ichikawa inJapanese Artists Who Studied in U.S.A. and the American Scene. Exh. cat., National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, 1982, pp. 42, 179–80, fig. 1.
Lowery Stokes Sims. The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Jacksonville Art Museum. New York, 1984, pp. 10, 143, 156–57, ill.
John Brandenburg. "Museum's Offerings Tell Story of 20th Century America." Daily Oklahoman/Times (May 30, 1985), p. 15.
Alexandra Munroe inYasuo Kuniyoshi. Exh. cat., Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum. [Tokyo], 1989, pp. 42, 215, no. 108, ill. p. 138 (color), dates it 1950.
Shigemi Asano, ed. Yasuo Kuniyoshi. Okayama, 1991, pp. 159, 217, no. 331, ill. (color), dates it 1950.
Josephine Bloodgood. At Woodstock, Kuniyoshi. Exh. cat., Woodstock Artists Association. Woodstock, N.Y., 2003, p. 24, no. 35, ill. p. 46 (color).
Mika Kuraya inYasuo Kuniyoshi (1889–1953). Ed. Mika Kuraya and Masaaki Ozaki. Exh. cat., National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, 2004, pp. 195, 205, no. 98, ill. p. 141 (color).
Tom Wolf inThe Artistic Journey of Yasuo Kuniyoshi. Exh. cat., Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery. Washington, D. C., 2015, p. 78, fig. 73.
Yasuo Kuniyoshi (American (born Japan), Okayama 1889–1953 New York)
1928
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