The work on the far left in the group photo is “Furniture Factory.” This work was exhibited under “Machine Shop” at the Salons of America in 1925. Bumpei Usui traveled around the world with his brother, dealing furniture, and when they stopped in New York City, they fell in love with the area and settled there. The painting skillfully depicts many furniture artisans working at different stages of the production process.

The New York Shimpo (New York Newspaper) wrote of Bumpei Usui’s work, “The painting of ‘Furniture Factory’ is your masterpiece…The figures are scattered apart because of the lack of focus, but if you put them together, it is a flawless painting.”