Object Details
- Exhibition Label
- Kuniyoshi’s early drawings were often humorous, and his keen wit and interest in visual and verbal puns are evident in Remains of Lunch. This drawing unpretentiously displays the remnants of a light meal, with a demitasse spoon, cigarette butt, dollops of pear sauce, and a fluted, paper pastry cup. The artist’s widow noted that Kuniyoshi loved pears and pear sauce. Here he played with the homonyms “pear” and “pair,” matching birds, leaves, and fruits along the border of the plate. The two pears at the top lean affectionately against each other. The ink field enclosing the composition resembles a stomach in which food is being digested.
- The Artistic Journey of Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 2015
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- Yasuo Kuniyoshi, born Okayama, Japan 1889-died New York City 1953
- Date
- 1922
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
- Medium
- pen and ink, brush and ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 13 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. (35.2 x 26.7 cm)
- Type
- Drawing
