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Rare California Pictorialist Japanese American James Kaii 1934

Rare California Pictorialist Japanese American James Kaii 1934
Rare California Pictorialist Japanese American James Kaii 1934
Rare California Pictorialist Japanese American James Kaii 1934
Rare California Pictorialist Japanese American James Kaii 1934
Rare California Pictorialist Japanese American James Kaii 1934
Rare California Pictorialist Japanese American James Kaii 1934
Rare California Pictorialist Japanese American James Kaii 1934

Rare California Pictorialist Japanese American James Kaii 1934
This print is very rare, as with many of the Japanese American photographers, very few of their prints survived due to the incarceration at various internment camps during WII. This print including frame is 15 x 12 1/2… Visible image is 9 3/4 by 7 1/2.. A bit is not visible, hidden under the mat, so actual size is 10×8… Small tear lower left, was conserved by adding acid free backing, de-acidified the print and housed behind museum glass.. Put back in its original batwing frame. Signed and dated 1934 bottom right. This info from talking to Dennis Reed. Kaii, whose name is formally, Jiro Kaii, arrived in Seattle in 1917. He primarily lived and worked in Denver. He was also active in California. He and his family were interned at Poston. He died in 1974 and is buried in Denver. The scene is San Francisco Chinatown – fantastic pictorialist image.
Rare California Pictorialist Japanese American James Kaii 1934