Lot 90: Miki McCrossen Hayakawa (1904-1953) Self Portrait: Homage a Cezanne 27 x 23in overall: 34 x 29in

Miki McCrossen Hayakawa
Self Portrait: Homage a Cezanne
signed 'Miki Hayakawa' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
27 x 23in
overall: 34 x 29in
Painted circa 1924

Footnotes

• Miki Hayakawa was greatly influenced by the works of French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne, of whom she was a great admirer. In the present work, she combines her skills as a portraitist as well as a painter of still lifes. Portraying herself in the simple frock of an art student, she looks intently at the viewer, affirming her admiration of Cézanne by including a still life of a French faience pitcher and an arrangement of fruit next to an open art book. The highly patterned background showcases her decorative skills and act as a counterpoint to the direct simplicity of the scene. Hayakawa joins other women painters like Henrietta Shore, Helen Forbes, Agnes Pelton and Helen Lundeberg to create a powerful legacy of Modernism in California.
  
  A copy of the recently-released book, The Other American Moderns: Matsura, Ishigaki, Noda Hayakawa by Dr. ShiPu Wang, accompanies the lot.