Nobumitsu Fukui (Japanese, b. 1942)ZSigned and dated "Nobumitsu Fukui/1964" on the reverse, titled on a label from Dartmouth College affixed to the stretcher bar.
Oil on canvas, 84 x 58 in. (213.4 x 147.3 cm), framed.
Condition: Diagonal lines of craquelure upper left, scattered areas of craquelure, scattered scuffs and accretions, varnish inconsistencies, surface grime.
Provenance: Collected by Roland A. Gibson (1902-1986, Class of 1924), in Japan, 1963-1968; Roland A. Gibson Art Foundation, Inc.; given to present collection, 1969. Property of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. Sold for the benefit of the collection.
Exhibitions:
Japanese Art of the Sixties, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, Colby Junior College, New London, New Hampshire, Keene State College, New Hampshire, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1969-1970;
Contemporary Art from the College Collection, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 31-September 10, 1972; Farichild Hall, Third Floor, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1982-1995.
Condition
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