Fine Paintings & Sculpture

628.

Keiji Usami (Japanese, b. 1940)

A Couple, 1968

Identified on a label from Minami Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, affixed to the

stretcher.

Oil on canvas, 36 x 46 in. (91.4 x 116.8 cm), framed.

Condition: Good.

Provenance: A private New England collection.

N.B. Usami’s work depicting fragmented figures largely derives from

photographs of the Watts Riots of 1965 in Los Angeles. The six-day

riot, which was the largest in Los Angeles history until the Watts Riots

of 1992, was prompted by mounting racial tensions and accusations of

police brutality.

$700-900

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