Kikai Hiroh
A Man playing a tune he composed himself

ArtistJapanese, 1945–2020
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • A Man playing a tune he composed himself
  • from the series Persona
Date1986, printed 2008
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (34.9 × 34.9 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (50.5 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. Morris Photography Endowment
Object number2008.504
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by MFAH, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso lower right: "A man playing a tune he composed himself / 1986 / printing 2008 / 1/20 (signature)"
verso in pencil lower right in Japanese characters

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