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Kusama and blank canvas in her NYC studio

Media
kusama in west village studio
Description
Kusama pictured in her first New York studio at 70 E 12th Street months after first moving to New York, c. 1959.
Creator
Photograph by Ken Van Sickle
Source
Facebook user Cathy Dorsey / Manhattan Before 1990
Date
1959
Rights
Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo / © Yayoi Kusama
Format
Photograph
Type
Still image

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  • Japanese-American Artists in Greenwich Village and the East Village: A Walking Tour Stop #6: Yayoi Kusama's Residence

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