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Date1933

Maker Kamekichi Tokita American (born in Japan), 1897–1948

Object number33.227

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Nineteenth Annual Exhibition of Northwest Artists, 1933, Oct. 5 - Nov. 6, 1933 [third prize in oil]. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Paintings by Kamekichi Tokita, Dec. 11, 1935 - Jan. 5, 1936. Seattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Art of the Thirties: The Pacific Northwest, 1972 (Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum). Seattle, Washington, King County Courthouse, Department of Rehabilitative Services, May 1976. Seattle, Washington, Bumberbiennale: Seattle Paintings 1925-1985, Aug. 30 - Sept. 7, 1985. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Views and Visions of the Pacific Northwest, June 7 - Sept. 2, 1990. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The View From Here: The Pacific Northwest 1800-1930, Aug. 8, 2003 - Feb. 29, 2004. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Painting Seattle: Kamekichi Tokita and Kenjiro Nomura, Oct. 22, 2011 - Feb. 19, 2012. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, American Art: The Stories We Carry, Oct. 20, 2022 - ongoing.Published ReferencesCallahan, Kenneth, Town Crier, 10/04/1933, p. 9. Callahan, Kenneth, "The Art Situation; Paintings reflect region", Town Crier, 10/21/1933, pp. 9-10. McCaffrey, Frank, "Some Work of the Group of Twelve", 1937, ill. (no page). Callahan, Kenneth, "Pacific Northwest Painters," "Art and Artists of Today", 1939, ill. p. 7. Kingsbury, Martha. Art of the Thirties: The Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, Henry Art Gallery, 1972; cat. no. 40, p. 26, reproduced pp. 8, 19. Johns, Barbara. Modern Art from the Pacific Northwest in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, Washington: Seattle Art Museum, 1990; no. 7, p. 10. Johns, Barbara. Signs of Home: The Paintings and Wartime Diary of Kamekichi Tokita, in association with Painting Seattle: Kamekichi Tokita and Kenjiro Nomura. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 2011; pp. 68-69, reproduced fig. 51.

Credit LineGift of the artist

Dimensions16 5/8 x 20 1/2 in. (42.2 x 52.1 cm)

MediumOil on canvas