Osamu James Nakagawa
Kai, Ninomiya, Japan, Autumn, 1998

Kai, Ninomiya, Japan, Autumn, 1998

© 1998 Osamu James Nakagawa

Kai, Ninomiya, Japan, Autumn, 1998
Kai, Ninomiya, Japan, Autumn, 1998
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Kai, Ninomiya, Japan, Autumn, 1998
  • from the series Kai
Date1998
PlaceNinomiya, Japan
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 15/16 × 14 in. (35.4 × 35.6 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (50.5 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum 1999
Object number99.498
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionAfter learning that his father was dying of cancer and his wife was pregnant with their daughter, Osamu James Nakagawa made a series of photographs that revolve around the cycle of life and death. In visualizing the constructed relationships with memory and family, he found that time is circular; self, parent, and child occur simultaneously at beginning and end. 
Provenance[McMurtrey Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1999.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The photograph is inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: Kai, Ninomiya, Autumn, 1998 / O J Nakagawa [signature] 1/10 / [Japanese text]
The photograph is signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso, lower right.

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