Yasuo Kuniyoshi papers, 1906-2016, bulk 1920-1990

Found here are photographs of Kuniyoshi in his studio, at various events and parties, teaching at Mills College and with his wife Sara Mazo Kuniyoshi. Numerous portraits of Kuniyoshi were taken by Konrad Cramer, Alfredo Valente, Peter A. Juley and Son, and others. Also found are photographs of artists, including Henry Mattson, Francis Criss, Julian Levi, Emil Ganso, Doris and Russell Lee, and others, taken by Yasuo Kuniyoshi. Of note are photographs of the Artists Equity Testimonial Dinner held in honor of Kuniyoshi's 1948 retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art. There are miscellaneous photographs and slides of Kuniyoshi's artwork, which mostly consist of duplicates of artwork photographs that can be found in other folders in the series. One album consists of snapshots of drawings and sketches by Kuniyoshi at an unidentified location. Researchers should note that photographs of artwork by Kuniyoshi can be found in Series 11: Artwork Photograph Records.

Photographs of Yasuo Kuniyoshi are at the beginning of the series. The rest of the material is loosely arranged by subject, such as photographs of people, events, artwork, and places.

The bulk of this series has been digitized. Materials which have not been digitized include blank versos of photographs and duplicates.