PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. HERBERT KAYDEN AND DR. GABRIELLE REEM

Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889-1953)
Moonlit Night
signed 'Kuniyoshi' (upper left)
ink, wash, charcoal, pencil and chalk on paper laid down on board
22 ⁵⁄₈ x 28 ⁵⁄₈ in. (57.4 x 72.7 cm.)
Executed in 1945.

PROVENANCE
The Downtown Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1953.

EXHIBITED
(Probably) New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Water Colors, Drawings and Prints, 1952: A National Competitive Exhibition, December 5, 1952-January 25, 1953.
Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin, University Art Museum; Madison, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, Elvehjem Art Center; Athens, Georgia, University of Georgia, Georgia Museum of Art; Tokyo, Japan, Bridgestone Museum; Nagoya, Japan, Prefectural Museum of Aichi; Kobe, Japan, Hyogo Prefectural Museum and Ontario, Canada, Art Gallery of Windsor, Yasuo Kuniyoshi 1889-1953: Retrospective Exhibition, February 9, 1975-February 8, 1976, p. 68.

LITERATURE
Kyuryudo Publishing, The Art of Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Tokyo, Japan, 1978, pp. 180, 260, no. 97, illustrated.
Fukutake Publishing, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Okayama, Japan, 1991, p. 142, no. 280, illustrated.