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Creator:

Yoshida, Ray  Search this

Names:

Art Institute of Chicago. School -- Faculty  Search this

Phyllis Kind Gallery  Search this

Berdich, Vera, 1915-2003  Search this

Blackshear, Kathleen, 1897-1988  Search this

Brown, Roger, 1941-1997  Search this

Ito, Miyoko, 1918-1983  Search this

Kapsalis, Thomas Harry, 1925-  Search this

Kim, Jin Soo, 1950-  Search this

Nilsson, Gladys, 1940-  Search this

Nutt, Jim, 1938-  Search this

Ramberg, Christina  Search this

Rossi, Barbara, 1940-  Search this

Spears, Ethel, 1903-1974  Search this

Wirsum, Karl, 1939-  Search this

Extent:

10 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Sketchbooks

Scrapbooks

Collages

Drawings

Interviews

Prints

Sketches

Transcripts

Video recordings

Date:

circa 1895-2010

bulk 1950-2005

Summary:

The papers of Chicago artist and educator Ray Yoshida measure 10 linear feet and date from circa 1895 to 2010, with the bulk of the material dating from 1950 to 2005. Yoshida's career as a painter and collagist as well as his long tenure as a professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago are documented through biographical material, personal correspondence, notebooks and writings, teaching records, personal business records, printed material, source material, photographs, sketchbooks, artwork by Yoshida and others, and scrapbooks. Items within the collection also document Yoshida's personal interest in collecting folk art and artifacts.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Chicago artist and educator Ray Yoshida measure 10 linear feet and date from circa 1895 to 2010, with the bulk of the material dating from 1950 to 2005. Yoshida's career as a painter and collagist as well as his long tenure as a professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago are documented through biographical material, personal correspondence, notebooks and writings, teaching records, personal business records, printed material, source material, photographs, sketchbooks, artwork by Yoshida and others, and scrapbooks. Items within the collection also document Yoshida's personal interest in collecting folk art and artifacts.

Biographical material about Ray Yoshida includes award certificates, identification records, student records, and interview transcripts. Also found is one video recording of a documentary short about Yoshida's art and object collection at his Chicago home.

Correspondence includes letters, postcards, and greeting cards from friends, colleagues, and artists, including Roger Brown, Jim Nutt, Gladys Nilsson, Christina Ramberg, Karl Wirsum, Miyoko Ito, Jin Soo Kim, Barbara Rossi, Vera Berdich, and Tom Kapsalis.

Notebooks contain notes on art history, art technique, Japanese language, travel, and other subjects. Many of the notebooks include sketches and contain loose items.

Writings by Yoshida consist of college papers, fragments of writings on art and other subjects, and notes. Writings by others include essays by Yoshida's students, exhibition essay drafts, and poetry.

Teaching records primarily document Yoshida's tenure as a professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, though a few records of guest professorships at other schools are included. These records include course evaluations, employment records, teaching notes, and letters of recommendation for students. Miscellaneous teaching records include department memos, course summaries, correspondence, and notes.

Personal business records consists of documentation regarding the sale, exhibition, and loan of artwork by Ray Yoshida, including his business dealings with the Phyllis Kind Gallery. Additionally there are several files regarding the estate of artist Roger Brown.

Printed material includes exhibition catalogs, announcements, news clippings, newsletters and press releases documenting Yoshida's career and other subjects.

Source material consists of material that Yoshida gathered and intended to use for his art. Collected printed material includes postcards, comics and comic books, mail order catalogs, magazines, product labels, and advertisements. Also found are many small clippings from comics collected for collages.

Photographs depict Ray Yoshida, friends, students, travel, and artwork. Also found are a few photographs of Karl Wirsum's studio, as well as photographs of various subjects collected by Yoshida. Additionally, there is one photograph album from the early 1910s of an unidentified family.

Sketchbooks include pencil and ink sketches of various subjects.

Artwork by Ray Yoshida includes collages on paper, pencil sketches, and ink drawings. Artworks by others include numerous prints by Kathleen Blackshear, Ethel Spears, and Vivian Mayers, and collages, drawings, and prints given to Yoshida by students and friends. Some work by unidentified artists is included as well. Other artwork, such as handmade picture and alphabet books, appears to have been created by children and collected by Yoshida.

Scrapbooks include volumes that were created by Yoshida as well as books created by others. Three of the scrapbooks containing source images, clippings, and comics appear to have been created by Yoshida. Additional scrapbooks were created by others and collected by Yoshida.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 12 series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1950-2005 (0.5 Linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1952-2009 (2 Linear feet; Boxes 1-3, 11, 15)

Series 3: Notebooks, circa 1956-circa 2000 (0.3 Linear feet; Box 3)

Series 4: Writings, circa 1950-2003 (0.3 Linear feet; Box 3)

Series 5: Teaching Records, circa 1960-2003 (0.6 Linear feet; Boxes 3-4)

Series 6: Personal Business Records, circa 1960-2010 (0.4 Linear feet; Box 4)

Series 7: Printed Material, 1906-2010 (1.8 Linear feet; Boxes 4-6, 11, OV 14)

Series 8: Source Material, circa 1940-circa 2005 (0.7 Linear Feet; Boxes 6-7, 11)

Series 9: Photographs, circa 1910-circa 2005 (0.5 Linear feet; Box 7)

Series 10: Sketchbooks, circa 1960-circa 2000 (1.1 Linear feet; Boxes 7-8, 11-13)

Series 11: Artwork, 1903-2009 (0.7 Linear feet; Boxes 8, 13)

Series 12: Scrapbooks, circa 1895-circa 2005 (1 Linear feet; Boxes 8-10, 13)

Biographical / Historical:

Ray Yoshida (1930-2009) was a Japanese American painter, collagist, and educator based in Chicago, Illinois.

Raymond Kakuo Yoshida was born in Kapaa, Hawaii, in 1930. He attended the University of Hawaii for two years and completed a B.A. in Arts Education at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1953. He also served in the U.S. Army for two years during the Korean War. In 1957 he recieved his M.F.A from Syracuse University and became a faculty member at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1959. He was named Frank Harold Sellers Professor in the Department of Painting and Drawing in 1971, retired as professor emeritus in 1998, and continued to teach until 2003.

Yoshida was a member of the Chicago Imagists, a loose and informal group of representational artists from the late 1960s to early 1970s who were influenced by Surrealism and connected to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Yoshida's friends and contemporaries among this group include but are not limited to Roger Brown, Ed Paschke, Christina Ramberg, and Barbara Rossi. Yoshida was an inspiring teacher and he mentored many of the later Chicago Imagists such as Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, and Karl Wirsum.

Yoshida's paintings and collages were strongly influenced by comics as well as his own collection of folk and outsider art. He regularly exhibited at Phyllis Kind Gallery in Chicago from 1975 to 1996, and a major retrospective of his work was organized by the Contemporary Museum of Honolulu in 1998. He retired to Hawaii in 2005 where he lived until his death in 2009 due to cancer. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Sullivan Galleries held a posthumous retrospective exhibition of Yoshida's work from 2010-2011 and the John Michael Kohler Art Center had an exhibition of Yoshida's personal collection of art and artifacts in 2013.

Provenance:

The collection was donated in 2012 by Ray Yoshida via Terri Yoho of the Kohler Foundation, representing Yoshida's estate, and in 2013 and 2015-2016 by Jennifer Sabas and Shayle Miller, estate executors.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate copy requires advance notice. One box of letters from Jim Nutt are ACCESS RESTRICTED; use requires written permission.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Educators -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Collagists -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Topic:

Folk art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Art -- History  Search this

Art -- Technique  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Japanese American art  Search this

Japanese American artists  Search this

Asian American painters  Search this

Asian American educators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Sketchbooks

Scrapbooks

Collages

Drawings

Interviews

Prints

Sketches

Transcripts

Video recordings

Citation:

Ray Yoshida papers, circa 1895-2010, bulk 1950-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing and digitization of the Ray Yoshida papers received Federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center.

Identifier:

AAA.yoshray

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw993d0cce5-3340-4d85-adeb-cb1711fd67e8

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-yoshray

Author:

Liaoning Sheng bo wu guan  Search this

Tōbu Hyakkaten  Search this

Subject:

Liaoning Sheng bo wu guan  Search this

Physical description:

111 pages chiefly illustrations (some color), maps 27 cm

Type:

Catalogs

Date:

1989

To 618

Topic:

Bronzes, Chinese  Search this

Porcelain, Chinese  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1161143

Author:

Oyama, Yuzuruha 1971-  Search this

Translator:

Mack, Karen J  Search this

Author:

Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan  Search this

Subject:

Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan  Search this

Physical description:

63 pages color illustrations 25 cm

Type:

Catalogs

History

Place:

Japan

Tokyo

Tokyo (Japan)

Date:

2020

Edo period, 1600-1868

19th century

1600-1868

Topic:

Kimonos  Search this

Costume--History  Search this

Clothing and dress--History  Search this

Design--History  Search this

Textile design--History  Search this

Clothing and dress--Edo period  Search this

Costume--Edo period  Search this

Design  Search this

Manners and customs  Search this

Textile design--Edo period  Search this

Social life and customs  Search this

Call number:

NK4784.A1 O9313 2020

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1161144

Former owner:

Freer, Charles Lang 1854-1919 DSI-F  Search this

Author:

Japan Kunaishō  Search this

Subject:

Shōsōin (Nara-shi, Japan)  Search this

Physical description:

6 v. : col. ill. ; 50 cm

Type:

Catalogs

Place:

Japan

Nara-shi

Date:

1908

1909

Meiji 41-42 [1908-1909]

Topic:

Art  Search this

Art objects, Japanese  Search this

Call number:

709.52 .J2

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_862913

Author:

Tōkyō Teishitsu Hakubutsukan  Search this

Fukuchi, Fukuichi 1862-1909  Search this

Ki, Yoshio 1872-1936  Search this

Former owner:

Freer, Charles Lang 1854-1919 DSI-F  Search this

Physical description:

3 v. : plates (part mounted col.)

Type:

Books

Date:

1913

[1913]

Topic:

Art, Japanese--History  Search this

Architecture, Japanese--History  Search this

Call number:

709.52.J2 T6

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_862969

Author:

Kagawa, Mokushiki  Search this

Former owner:

Freer, Charles Lang 1854-1919 DSI-F  Search this

Physical description:

[235] plates in 2 portfolios. (some col., some fold., some mounted) ; 45 X 33 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1917

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Coins  Search this

Tapestry  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Sculpture, Asian  Search this

Manuscripts, Asian  Search this

Call number:

913 .K2

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_857703

Author:

Tajima, Shiichi 1869-1924  Search this

Former owner:

Freer, Charles Lang 1854-1919 DSI-F  Search this

Subject:

Ogata, Kōrin 1658-1716  Search this

Physical description:

5 v. illus., plates (part col., part mounted, part fold.) 43 x 31 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Japan

Date:

1903

1906

1903-06

Topic:

Sōtatsu-Kōrin School  Search this

Painting--Private collections  Search this

Call number:

759.952.K8 T2

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_862524

Editor:

Kumano Taiji-ura Hogei-shi Hensan I'inkai  Search this

Printer:

Henshū Insatsu Higashi Tamaji  Search this

Physical description:

1 volume (153 pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Type:

Electronic resources

History

Place:

Japan

Kumano-shi

Taiji-chō (Japan)

Kumano-shi (Japan)

Date:

1932

Topic:

Whaling--History  Search this

Whales  Search this

History  Search this

Call number:

SH383.5.J3 K86 1932

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1041937

Author:

Kimura, Shōsaburō 1930-  Search this

Subject:

Napoleon I Emperor of the French 1769-1821  Search this

Josephine Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French 1763-1814  Search this

Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois Préau (France)  Search this

Réunion des musées nationaux (France)  Search this

Physical description:

93, [2] p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 30 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

France

Date:

1995

Topic:

Art objects  Search this

Call number:

DC203 .F87 1995

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_512093

Author:

Ozawa, Hiromu 1947-  Search this

Kobayashi, Tadashi 1941-  Search this

Translator:

Carpenter, Juliet Winters  Search this

Physical description:

106 pages illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, color maps 23 x 31 cm

Type:

Pictorial works

Ouvrages illustrés

Illustrated books

Illustrated works

Place:

Japan

Tokyo

Nihonbashi (Tokyo, Japan)

Tokyo (Japan)

Tōkyō (Japon)

Japon

Nihonbashi

Date:

2020

Edo period, 1600-1868

1600-1868 (Époque d'Edo)

1600-1868

Topic:

Bridges  Search this

Scrolls, Japanese  Search this

Rouleaux japonais  Search this

Manners and customs  Search this

Scrolls, Japanese--Edo period  Search this

Social life and customs  Search this

Mœurs et coutumes  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1161013

Author:

Satō, Yasuhiro  Search this

Translator:

Brase, Michael  Search this

Author:

Translation of: Satō, Yasuhiro Motto shiritai Itō Jakuchū  Search this

Physical description:

167 pages illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, plans 29 cm

Type:

Biography

Biographies

collective biographies

Place:

Japan

Japon

Date:

2020

Edo period, 1600-1868

1600-1868 (Époque d'Edo)

Topic:

Artists  Search this

Painting, Japanese  Search this

Artistes  Search this

Peinture japonaise  Search this

Painting, Japanese--Edo period  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1161047

Author:

21-seiki Nihon no Geijutsu to Shakai o Kangaeru Kenkyūkai (2011-2013) author  Search this

Editor:

Miura, Masashi 1946-  Search this

Contributor:

Haga, Tōru 1931-2020  Search this

Physical description:

453 pages illustrations 20 cm

Type:

Congresses

Date:

2016

21st century

Topic:

Art, Modern  Search this

Arts, Modern  Search this

Call number:

NX460 .A15 2016

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1071166

Host institution:

Fukuoka-shi Bijutsukan  Search this

Physical description:

159 pages illustrations 26 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Date:

2016

19th century

20th century

Topic:

Still-life painting, Japanese  Search this

Call number:

ND1393.J35 S45 2016

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1071170

Author:

Kojima, Michihiro 1956-  Search this

Physical description:

6, 227 pages, 4 unnumbered pages illustrations, maps 19 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Kyoto (Japan)

Date:

2016

Edo period, 1600-1868

Kamakura-Momoyama periods, 1185-1600

Topic:

Screen painting, Japanese  Search this

In art  Search this

Call number:

ND1053.5 .K645 2016

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1071167

Author:

Yabe, Seiichirō 1941-  Search this

Physical description:

207 pages 19 cm

Type:

Biography

Place:

Japan

Date:

2015

16th century

Topic:

Tea masters  Search this

Japanese tea ceremony--History  Search this

Call number:

GT2911.H67 Y34 2015

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1071168

Author:

Kuboshima, Seiichirō 1941-  Search this

Physical description:

271 pages illustrations (some color) 19 cm

Type:

Biography

Place:

Japan

Date:

2016

20th century

Topic:

Painters  Search this

Painting, Japanese  Search this

Call number:

ND1058 .K833 2016

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1071169

Artist:

Nakano, Yoshiyuki 1946-  Search this

Physical description:

159 pages color illustrations 30 cm

Type:

Books

Catalogs

Date:

2016

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1071173

Editor:

Pak, Hyŏng-guk 1965-  Search this

Author:

Hiraoka, Mihoko 1958-  Search this

Tanaka, Kimiaki  Search this

Tsukamoto, Maromitsu 1976-  Search this

Mizuno, Saya  Search this

Physical description:

373 pages illustrations 21 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

2016

Topic:

Art, Asian  Search this

Art, Asian--History  Search this

Call number:

N7260 .T59 2016

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1071176

Author:

Hinohara, Kenji 1974-  Search this

Artist:

Utagawa, Kunisada 1786-1864  Search this

Editor:

Ukiyoe Ōta Kinen Bijutsukan  Search this

Physical description:

135 pages chiefly illustrations 26 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

2016

Call number:

NE1325.U79 H56 2016

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1071177

Author:

Kungnip Ch'ŏnmundae (Korea)  Search this

Former owner:

Freer, Charles Lang 1854-1919 DSI-F  Search this

Physical description:

15 volume plates (part folded, part color) maps (part folded, part color) 43 cm

Type:

Books

Catalogs

Place:

Korea

Date:

1915

1935

Topic:

Art objects, Korean  Search this

Buddhist antiquities  Search this

Antiquities  Search this

Call number:

913.519 .C59 Folio

DS903 .K84

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_273622