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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Painting of a Japanese Girl Picking Flowers
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Painting of a Japanese Girl Picking Flowers

Object numberMO 1952.354.2
Name Painting
Artist
Mediumpaper (cardboard), paint (watercolor), ink
Dimensionsoverall H 10 3/4 in x W 9 1/2 in (27.3 cm x 24.1 cm )
DescriptionA painting of a young Japanese girl, possibly a shikomi (an apprentice geisha), crouching down on the crest of a hill and picking flowers from the ground. The girl is wearing a red and white patterned kimono with blue, green, and yellow patches, a purple and white flowered obi sash, and zori sandals. The flowers are being put into a small green basket she is holding in her left hand. The artist’s name stamp is in the lower right corner.
Label TextThis painting was presented to Eleanor Roosevelt ca. 1950-1952 by the Hakuhokai Juridical Person, a child welfare agency in Yokohama, Japan.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Eleanor Roosevelt in 1952.
Credit LineGift of Eleanor Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPrints and Paintings (National Archives Identifier 778817)
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