Yoko Moro Kaneko, American, Japanese, 1928 to 2011, pastel painting on paper depicting a nude portrait of a woman. Signed, lower right. A red stamp, lower right. Inscribed, upper left. Framed. Provenance: Arwin Galleries, Detroit, MI. An original gallery paper label, on the backside. Yoko was born on May 31, 1928 in Tokyo, Japan, one of seven children. She graduated from Kyoritsu University in Tokyo. Yoko came to America and studied art at the University of Utah and at New York State University in Buffalo. She became a naturalized American citizen. She graduated from The Art School of the Society of Arts and Crafts in Detroit. Many of her paintings and drawings were displayed in exhibitions and in various art galleries around the country. Her many paintings reflected her close relationship with the beauties of nature. One of a kind artwork.