Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Sleeping Beauty

1924

A nude woman floats face-up in dark water while two cherubs hover above.
A nude woman floats face-up in dark water while two cherubs hover above.

Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Sleeping Beauty, 1924. Pen and ink, brush and ink, and graphite pencil on paper, sheet (Irregular): 15 1/2 × 22 1/2 in. (39.4 × 57.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mrs. Edith Gregor Halpert 54.54. © Estate of Yasuo Kuniyoshi / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Recto

Not on view

Date
1924

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink, brush and ink, and graphite pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 15 1/2 × 22 1/2 in. (39.4 × 57.2 cm)

Accession number
54.54

Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Edith Gregor Halpert

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Yasuo Kuniyoshi / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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