Julie Otsuka

Artist

Philip Grausman, born 16 Jul 1935

Sitter

Julie Otsuka, born 15 May 1962

Exhibition Label

Born Palo Alto, California

Prize-winning writer Julie Otsuka posed for Philip Grausman when she was an undergraduate at Yale University and Grausman was on the faculty. Memories of growing up in California and hearing stories of her grandfather’s arrest after Pearl Harbor and the subsequent internment of her grandmother, uncle, and mother led Otsuka to write novels charting the experience of Japanese Americans. She has commented on the link between the “visual” characters that populate her novels and her training as an artist. Grausman’s graceful lines and delicate modeling capture a contemplative view of Otsuka, who describes her writing as “deeply internal.”

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the artist

1986

Object number

C/NPG.2012.22

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© Philip Grausman

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Pewter

Dimensions

Without Base: 32.4 x 16.2 x 23.8cm (12 3/4 x 6 3/8 x 9 3/8")

Place

United States\Connecticut\New Haven

Exhibition

20th Century Americans: 2000 to Present

On View

NPG, South Gallery 341

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Julie Otsuka: Female

Julie Otsuka: Literature\Writer

Portrait

Record ID

npg_C_NPG.2012.22

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

Usage conditions apply

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49f2a80f3-b988-456c-91ae-695a11a480a1