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Artist: Yohei Nishimura, Japanese, born 1947
Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox
ca. 2009
Found book, fired in an electric kiln, with detached laminated cover
16 × 16 × 9.5 cm (6 5/16 × 6 5/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
The Allan Chasanoff, B.A. 1961, Book Art Collection, curated with Doug Beube
2014.58.296a-b
Culture:
Japanese
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
Purchased by Allan Chasanoff from Calvin Morris gallery 5/16/2009
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions 2015,” http://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2015_updated%2012_16_15.pdf (accessed December 1, 2015).
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
