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Image:
6.50" x 8.00"
Overall:
8.50" x 10.00"
14th Street New York City Art Print
by Bumpei Usui
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14th Street New York City art print by Bumpei Usui. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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14th Street by BUMPEI USUI
Bumpei Usui was born in Nagano, Japan on February 25, 1898 and died in Greenwich Village, NY on March 1994 at age 96.
The following information is from Virginia Howard, whose great aunt, Frances Elizabeth Pratt, was married to Bumpei Usui. “Bumpei Usui told a story of entering the United States by literally jumping off a ship and swimming to shore, which no one ever had any reason to believe wasn’t true. In the 1940’s he owned and operated a frame shop on 13th Street just east of Fifth Avenue.”
Bumpei Usui, like his more famous close friend Yasuo Kuniyoshi, was a Japanese-American framer and artist active during the first half of the 20th century. Usui started making frames and furniture when he arrived in New York City from Japan, opening a frame shop at 5 East 14th. street that became popular with Kuniyoshi and other contemporary artists.
During WWII, Usui was saved from incarceration by his many friends who spoke up for...
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