Name/Title
Kadowaki, Motoichi (Roy) (1885-1981) "Japanese Garden"Entry/Object ID
2025.900.FA18183Tags
Oil PaintingDescription
A beautifully balanced composition depicts, on either side of its central planter, a knobbly gourd and ringed vase of similar shape. Our conception of what constitutes a garden blurs distinctions between human-cultivated plants and human-created objects, like the polished table, pleasing containers and lacework. As with his NDG still lifes “Japanese Plant” and “Still Life,” a sort of flaming life-force surrounds the objects in gently burning colors—although most pronounced in this painting.Collection
Mt. Morris TB Hospital FAP CollectionCondition
Overall Condition
FairDate Examined
Jul 26, 2025Notes
2+ upper left corner/bottom middle/upper middle left/lower right/bamboo leaves, fading bottom, tableRecommendations
chipped frameProvenance
Provenance Detail
Created under the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project (1930s–1940s), this collection of easel paintings was originally installed at the Mount Morris Tuberculosis Sanitorium in Livingston County, New York. Following the sanitorium’s closure in 1970, the artworks were abandoned and remained in storage until their rediscovery decades later. Now preserved and exhibited by the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts (GVCA), the collection is housed at the New Deal Museum in Mount Morris. Current efforts include digitization, high-resolution photography, and the creation of an online archive to ensure long-term public access and research availability.General Notes
Note Type
Cataloging NoteNote
See the entry titled 'New Deal Collection Documents' for supporting documents, and general historic and research information.
