Backyard

1934

Kamekichi Tokita

American (born in Japan), 1897–1948

Oil on canvas

26 11/16 x 21 9/16 in. (67.8 x 54.8 cm)

Public Works of Art Project, Washington State

33.231

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, King County Courthouse, installation in Department of Rehabilitative Services, May 1976.

Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, Forgotten Stories: Northwest Public Art of the 1930s, Feb. 22 - Oct. 18, 2020 (Willamette, Oregon, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette College, Nov. 21, 2020 - Mar. 28, 2021.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, American Art: The Stories We Carry, Oct. 20, 2022 - ongoing.

Published ReferencesJohns, 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. 35, 76, reproduced fig. 28.

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