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Kuboyama" Saga of the Lucky Dragon He died from H-bomb testing at Bikini Island,

Creator: Ben Shahn
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
In a sense, this work represents the 3rd nuclear attack on the Japanese. Social commentator and artist Ben Shahn depicts Aikichi Kuboyama in a powerful black and white study. Kuboyama was a crewmember on a Japanese fishing vessel who died of radiation poisoning following the 1954 H-Bomb test on Bikini Atoll. Along with his crew of 22 , they inadvertently wandered into the above-ground nuclear weapon test zone at Bikini Island and got coved in white dust.
"Kuboyama" from Lucky Dragon Series, 1961
signed lower right,
retaining "Santa Barbara Museum of Art", "The Jewish Museum, New York, NY" exhibition labels and the "Downtown Gallery, New York, NY" label.
Float-mounted, glazed and framed.
39" x 25", framed 41-1/2" x 27-1/2"

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, New York
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	ink brush on paper
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1961
Styles / Movements:	Modernism, Expressionism, Black & White
Catalog References:	Provenance: The Downtown Gallery Inc., New York, New York, 1961; Estate of Carol A. Straus, Houston, Texas. Exhibited: Personal Choice, CAA (now CAM), Houston, Nov. 4-Dec. 5, 1965 Ben Shahn Paintings and Graphics [Retrospective], Santa Barbara Museu
Article References:	Exhibited Personal Choice, CAA (now CAM), Houston, Nov. 4-Dec. 5, 1965 Ben Shahn Paintings and Graphics [Retrospective], Santa Barbara Museum of Art, July 31-Sept. 10, 1967; La Jolla Museum of Art, Oct. 5-Nov. 12, 1967; Herron Museum of Art, Dec. 3
Incollect Reference #:	456301

Dimensions

W.	25 in;	H.	39 in;
W.	63.5 cm;	H.	99.06 cm;

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