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Date1934

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensionscanvas: 36 × 34 in. (91.4 × 86.4 cm.) frame: 43 1/4 × 41 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (109.9 × 104.8 × 3.8 cm.)

DescriptionA young man leans over a table, his head in his hand. The rounded form of his back echoes the circular table on which he leans, tilted up towards the picture plane with a subtle cubist playfulness. Before him are a blank sheet of paper and a pot of ink—as if he is pausing to compose a letter. Nearby, arrayed on the table before him, are a ukulele and a piece of sheet music with a cover reading “My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua.”

InscribedSigned upper right: Miki H.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Ross Anderson

Status

Not on view

Object number2023.16

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