Kawanishi’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Carmen
Kawanishi Hide Japanese, 1894-1965

Harbor
Kawanishi Hide (Japanese, 1894-1965)

Rokko Mountains, Kobe
Kawanishi Hide Japanese, 1894-1965

Port Festival (Minato matsuri), from the series "Folk Customs of Japan (Nihon minzoku zufu)"
Kawanishi Hide Japanese, 1894-1965

Womb Chair
Eero Saarinen American, born Finland, 1910–1961 Manufactured by Knoll Associates, Inc. American, founded 1938 East Greenville, Pennsylvania

War Shirt
Artist unknown (Upper Missouri River Tribe) Missouri

Hide Yourself War
Cerminova Marie Toyen Czech, 1902-1980

Talismanic Textile
Probably Senegal

Thank You Hide
William T. Wiley American, 1937-2021

Female Caryatid Drum (Pinge)
Senufo Côte d'Ivoire Northern Africa and the Sahel

Chair (Chitwamo or Njunga)
Chokwe Angola Central Africa

Shield
Oromo or Sidaama Ethiopia Eastern and Southern Africa

Mr. Squirrel Hides
Leopoldo Méndez Mexican, 1902-1969 printed by the artist at El Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City published by La Estampa Mexicana illustrations for the book Incidentes Melódicos del Mundo Irracional by Juan de la Cabada

Little Hide
William T. Wiley American, 1937-2021

Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ)
Kawanishi Yuzaburo Japanese

Ritual Cache
Salado branch of the Mogollon New Mexico, United States

Elonshka Society Blanket
Osage Oklahoma, United States

Domestic Abstraction
Tony Tasset American, born 1960

Why Hide Them?, plate 30 from Los Caprichos
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes Spanish, 1746-1828

Fly Whisk with Four Masks
Baule Côte d'Ivoire Coastal West Africa