Roger Shimomura | Editioned Prints

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AMERICAN GUARDIAN, 2007
7-color lithograph
27 x 39 inches
Edition of 50
$2,500


AMERICAN CITIZEN #1, 2006
Lithograph, 16 x 12 inches
Edition of 18
$800



AMERICAN CITIZEN #2, 2006
Lithograph, 16 x 12 inches
Edition of 18
$800



MISTAKEN IDENTITIES, 2005
A suite of six lithographs, 10.5 x 9 inches each, Edition of 45
$5,500 for the suite/$900 individually
Price subject to change as the edition sells out.

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OTHER RECENT RELEASES:
KANSAS SAMURAI, 2004
Color lithograph  45 x 31 inches  Edition of 46 
Published by Lawrence Lithography
$2,200.


 

 



MIX & MATCH, No. 1, 2001
Color lithograph 20.5 x 28.5 inches Edition of 46
Published by Lawrence Lithography
$1,500.



 



END OF THE RAINBOW, 2004
22 x 27.5 inches
Lithograph, Edition of 50, Published by Lawrence Lithography Workshop
$1,000.

 

Earlier Editions:
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ENTER THE RICE COOKER, 1994
Silkscreen 36 x 41 inches Edition of 170
Published by Brand X Editions for Greenpeace
$1,500.

The YELLOW NO SAME Suite, 1992



The artist writes:
"This series of prints explores America's inability to distinguish between Japanese and Japanese American people. This is what brought about the internment camps of World War II. In the twelve images, different Japanese American people stand behind the barbed wire of the internment camps, while traditional Japanese figures such as costumed actors stand in front of the wire barrier."



YELLOW NO SAME, 1992
Suite of 12 silk-screens 5.5 x 10 inches each Edition of 45
One suite remains available at $4,500. ON HOLD

Several of 12 are available individually, as priced priced below.
Price is subject to change as edition sells out

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YELLOW NO SAME: No. 2 $400.


YELLOW NO SAME: No. 3 $400.


YELLOW NO SAME: No. 5 $500.


YELLOW NO SAME: No. 6 $400.


YELLOW NO SAME: No. 7 $500.


YELLOW NO SAME: No. 8 $400.


YELLOW NO SAME: No. 11 $600.


YELLOW NO SAME: No. 12 $600.




UNTITLED #3, UNTITLED #4 (wrench/Marilyn), 1987
Silkscreen, 25 x 10.5 inches, each $500.




FIRST VIEW through SIXTH VIEW, 1983
Suite of six silk-screens 9 x 8.5 inches each Edition of 30 $160. each framed


SEVEN VIEWS OF A JAPANESE RESTAURANT, NO. 1, 1977
Silkscreen on paper
21 x 24 inches, Edition of 30 $1,000.




SEVEN VIEWS OF A JAPANESE RESTAURANT, NO. 4, 1977
Silkscreen on paper
21 x 24 inches, Edition of 30 $1,000.




SEVEN VIEWS OF A JAPANESE RESTAURANT, NO. 7, 1979
Silkscreen on paper
21 x 24 inches, Edition of 30 $1,200 framed.

"To most non-Asians in this country, the differences between the Japanese, Chinese and other Asian people are either indistinguishable or immaterial. During WW II this insensitivity was expressed by their failure to recognize the differences between the Japanese people and Americans of Japanese descent. Today, history is being forced to admit the gravity of this error in judgment..."

- Roger Shimomura, March 1992

Roger Shimomura | Editioned Book
Memories of Childhood


Roger Shimomura published a book of silk-screens and letterpress quotes that was printed at the Lawrence Lithography workshop. The artist again turned to his Grandmother's diary (from her time in the encampment during World War II) for subject matter for this project. The final piece is a tender and very moving book.

"When I was a very young child, my family and I were interned in a camp in Idaho for two years during World War II. This book is comprised of 10 lithographs, each with one line of text, depicting my memories from that time period. They include my third birthday, the birth of my sister, having the chicken pox, and the traditional Japanese festivals that took place in the camps."


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MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD 1942-44, 1999
Book of ten lithographs printed in color, bound, 12 x 10 x 1 inches, Edition of 30, published by Lawrence Lithography Workshop
$6,000