Oil on canvas, signed lower right
Dimensions: 65.5 x 50 cm with frame 86 x 71 cm
Exhibition label on the back with exhibition number

Yasushi Tanaka represents what he prefers: the female nude indoors. His palette is made of colored harmonies, which he declines with delicacy. The skin of her model is adorned with subtle shades, from purple to pink and passing through blue. The model presents her bust from the front and turns her face away, as is often the case in her nude paintings. The interior is adorned with colorful and luxurious fabrics.  

Yasushi Tanaka born in Japan in 1886. In 1904, he moved to New York and trained at Broadway High School. Appreciated and recognized, he exhibited at the Washington Museum in 1912.
In 1915, he presented his works for the “Panama Pacific International” exhibition. Two years later, he married Louise Gebhard Cann, American historian and art critic. He sees Hemingway, Pound and Joyce, friends of his wife. 

In 1920, he moved to Paris, rue Notre-dame-des-champs. He exhibited at the Salon des Beaux-Arts, the Salon d'Automne, the Salon des Indépendants and that of the Tuileries.
In 1924, the Marsan gallery devoted a personal exhibition to him. The Parisian galleries Bernheim-Jeune, Devambez, Carmine and Druet also exhibit his work.
Yasushi Tanaka prefers French techniques to traditional Japanese practices. However, he stays away from French artistic movements.