Kuno (Katsuo) Gift of Kazuo Shibata paintings scrapbook and catalog, 1982

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Summary

Title:

Katsuo Kuno gift of Kazuo Shibata paintings scrapbook and catalog

Dates:

1982

Creators:

Garrison, Clayton

Abstract:

This collection comprises correspondence, clippings, business cards, photographs, and publications covering Katsuo Kuno's gift of 35 Kazuo Shibata paintings of Japanese national park scenes to the University of California, Irvine. These materials were originally collected in a scrapbook by Clayton Garrison of the School of Fine Arts, who handled the transfer of the gift in 1982. This collection also contains a bound catalog of Shibata's paintings which is annotated with each painting's location on the UCI campus.

Extent:

0.2 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

Katsuo Kuno Gift of Kazuo Shibata Paintings Scrapbook and Catalog. AS-038. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

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Background

Scope and content:

Collection materials have been removed from the original scrapbook for preservation purposes and are in the original order of the scrapbook. Materials are in English unless otherwise specified at the item level.

Biographical / historical:

Katsuo Kuno, a prominent farmer in the Nukata District of the Aichi Prefecture near Nagoya, Japan, donated the 35 Shibata paintings to the University of California, Irvine in 1982. There are two stories explaining his donation. One is that Kuno was a patient at the UCI Medical Center and made the gift in appreciation of the treatment he received there. The other is that the gift was in response to a post- WWII program headed by UCI Chancellor Dan Aldrich that brought Japanese farmers to the United States to learn American farming methods.

Kazuo Shibata was born in Nagoya in 1915 or 1916. The artist began his series of paintings of Japanese national parks in 1966 and finished in 1981.

Acquisition information:

Transferred, 1987 and 1999.

Processing information:

Processed by Carrie Lee in 2002.

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Landscape painting, Japanese -- 20th century
National parks and reserves -- Japan -- Pictorial works
Clippings -- 20th century.
Letters -- 20th century.
Photographic prints -- 20th century.
Names:: University of California, Irvine -- Art collections -- Archives

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Carrie Lee
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-04-22 21:12:03 UTC .

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Property rights and copyright reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the University Archivist.