Artist
Maita Masafumi(Japanese, 1944–2009)Japanese, 1944–2009
CultureJapanese
Titles
- Lumière No. 2
Date1977
MediumGelatin silver print collages on artist's mounts
DimensionsOverall: 39 3/8 × 53 1/8 in. (100 × 135 cm)
Overall (each): 12 7/8 × 15 1/2 × 3/4 in. (32.7 × 39.4 × 1.9 cm)
Overall (OVERALL CASE DIMENSIONS): 42 × 66 1/2 × 6 in. (106.7 × 168.9 × 15.2 cm)
Other (BLUE BOX DIMS (2 TO EA., 8 TOTAL)): 19 3/8 × 15 3/8 × 2 3/16 in. (49.2 × 39.1 × 5.6 cm)
Overall (each): 12 7/8 × 15 1/2 × 3/4 in. (32.7 × 39.4 × 1.9 cm)
Overall (OVERALL CASE DIMENSIONS): 42 × 66 1/2 × 6 in. (106.7 × 168.9 × 15.2 cm)
Other (BLUE BOX DIMS (2 TO EA., 8 TOTAL)): 19 3/8 × 15 3/8 × 2 3/16 in. (49.2 × 39.1 × 5.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Manfred Heiting and The Francis L. Lederer Foundation, courtesy of Sharon Lederer
Object number2014.713.A-.L
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
ProvenanceEstate of the artist (Mitsue Maita), Fujimi, Nagano-ken, Japan; Yumiko Chiba Associates, Tokyo; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, 2014
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
Signed in pencil lower right below the image on the mount: 77 / Masafuni Maita
Marked in ink on verso board forming four vertical columns:
A / NO. 1 / Lumiere No 2
NO 2 / A / Lumiere No 2
A. / NO. 3 / Lumiere No 2
B. / NO. 1 / Lumiere No 2
B. / NO.2 / Lumiere No 2
B. / NO. 3 / Lumiere No 2
C. / NO.1 / Lumiere No 2
C. / NO. 2 / Lumiere No 2
C / NO. 3 / Lumiere No 2
D. / NO. 1 / Lumiere No 2
D. / NO.2 / Lumiere No 2
D. / NO. 3 / Lumiere No 2
A / NO. 1 / Lumiere No 2
NO 2 / A / Lumiere No 2
A. / NO. 3 / Lumiere No 2
B. / NO. 1 / Lumiere No 2
B. / NO.2 / Lumiere No 2
B. / NO. 3 / Lumiere No 2
C. / NO.1 / Lumiere No 2
C. / NO. 2 / Lumiere No 2
C / NO. 3 / Lumiere No 2
D. / NO. 1 / Lumiere No 2
D. / NO.2 / Lumiere No 2
D. / NO. 3 / Lumiere No 2
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