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CARNEGIE INSTITUTE
DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS
PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA

HOMER SAINT GAUDENS
DIRECTOR
May 24, 1941

To Whom It May Concern:

The bearer of this letter is Yasuo Kuniyoshi, who, while born in Japan, came to the United States at the age of thirteen and, with the exception of a European trip and a brief to his native country, has remained here ever since. I have known him for some ten years and have visited him on two or three occasions at his summer home in Woodstock, New York. 
Yasuo Kuniyoshi takes a very high rank among American artists and is considered by his fellow artists, officials of art museums, and the public generally as an American. As an American he has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, and he has been represented in the American section of the Carnegie International since 1930. In the 1931 Carnegie International his painting received an Honorable Mention, and in 1939 his painting was awarded a Second Prize. In 1940 the Carnegie Institute presented an exhibition, "Survey of American Painting," and Yasuo Kuniyoshi was represented in this exhibition with the painting, "Still Life with Water Melon." 
We all look upon and know Yasuo Kuniyoshi to be a loyal American. Any courtesies which may be extended to him will be appreciated by me and by all who know him.

Faithfully yours, 
John O'Connor, Jr.
Acting Director

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