Artist
Shomei Tomatsu(Japanese, 1930–2012)Japanese, 1930–2012
CultureJapanese
Titles
- Protest 1
- Oh! Shinjuku
Date1969, printed 1980
PlaceJapan
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 3/8 × 12 5/8 in. (21.3 × 32.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (25.1 × 35.2 cm)
Frame (outer) (ANW EXHIBITION FRAME): 16 15/16 × 20 15/16 × 1 1/4 in. (43 × 53.2 × 3.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (25.1 × 35.2 cm)
Frame (outer) (ANW EXHIBITION FRAME): 16 15/16 × 20 15/16 × 1 1/4 in. (43 × 53.2 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. Morris Photography Endowment and Morris Weiner
Object number2011.765
Non exposé
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Provenance[Misa Shin Gallery, Tokyo]; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History“For A New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979 Japan,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 8–July 12, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil on verso lower edge: 1969 '80 [signature]
Signed verso lower right in pencil: '80 Tom... [underlined]
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