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Shark Fins

1956

Kiyoshi Niiyama

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Kiyoshi Niiyama

Artist, Japanese, 1911 - 1969

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Provenance

Estate of Kiyoshi Niiyama; (Cosmos International, Inc., Tokyo); Manfred Heiting, Los Angeles, 8 June 2020; gift to NGA, 2025.

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Inscriptions

on verso, by Yoichi Niiyama, lower center in graphite: ESTATE OF MY FATHER KIYOSHI NIIYAMA / [signature] / YOICHI NIIYAMA