Attack on Pearl Harbor and Malay Sea

Attack on Pearl Harbor and Malay Sea
Attack on Pearl Harbor and Malay Sea
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor and Malay Sea
DateDecember, 1941
PlacePearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States
MediumGelatin silver prints mounted on paper
DimensionsOverall (irregular): 25 3/4 × 15 1/4 in. (65.4 × 38.7 cm)
Mount (irregular): 21 1/8 × 15 1/4 in. (53.7 × 38.7 cm)
Image (each, approx.): 3 1/4 × 4 3/8 in. (8.3 × 11.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern
Object number2011.842.A-.L
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Charles Schwartz Ltd., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Japanese text written across top and bottom margins of sheet.
Printed sheet of Japanese text is attached to bottom of main sheet.
No visible signatures on the individual photographs

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