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Lot 90

Miki McCrossen Hayakawa
(1904-1953)
Self Portrait: Homage a Cezanne 27 x 23in overall: 34 x 29in

20 – 21 November 2017, 18:00 PST
Los Angeles

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Miki McCrossen Hayakawa (1904-1953)

Self Portrait: Homage a Cezanne
signed 'Miki Hayakawa' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
27 x 23in
overall: 34 x 29in
Painted circa 1924

Footnotes

Miki Hayakawa was greatly influenced by the works of French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne, of whom she was a great admirer. In the present work, she combines her skills as a portraitist as well as a painter of still lifes. Portraying herself in the simple frock of an art student, she looks intently at the viewer, affirming her admiration of Cézanne by including a still life of a French faience pitcher and an arrangement of fruit next to an open art book. The highly patterned background showcases her decorative skills and act as a counterpoint to the direct simplicity of the scene. Hayakawa joins other women painters like Henrietta Shore, Helen Forbes, Agnes Pelton and Helen Lundeberg to create a powerful legacy of Modernism in California.

A copy of the recently-released book, The Other American Moderns: Matsura, Ishigaki, Noda Hayakawa by Dr. ShiPu Wang, accompanies the lot.

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