On Sunday, September 23, 1990 an exhibit titled Watercolors by Jim Tanaka: a retrospective was held at the Alpine Community House in Alpine, New Jersey.
The show curated by Suzanne Katzman featured over fifty of Tanakas paintings as well as his iconic full size and mini jazz posters.
Based on 'Stompin' at the Savoy' the Art of Jim Tanaka A Princeton University Web Essay for Art 566: Seminar in Contemporary Art and Theory with Professor Hal Foster
Spring 2002.
https://fantasypuppettheater.com/Stompin-at-the-Savoy-the-Art-of-Jim-Tanaka.html