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Siesta (Sleeping Woman)

Artist Bumpei Usui (American, born Japan, 1898 - 1994)

Date1930

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions42 1/8 × 68 in. (107 × 172.7 cm)

ClassificationsAfrican art

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds provided by Joan Brock

Object number2024.7

On View

On view

DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas painting of a woman reclining across a bed. The bed is situated in a simply furnished room, with an open door on the far wall leading into a bathroom. The woman’s jacket and hat are placed on the bed and a purse is on the bedside table.