Closed bars in front of U.S. base gate
Artist
Dodo Shunji(Japanese, born 1947)Japanese, born 1947
CultureJapanese
Titles
- Closed bars in front of U.S. base gate
- from the series A town where Americans are – the U.S. Marine Iwakuni Corps Base II
Date1971
PlaceIwakuni, Japan
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 13/16 × 11 3/4 in. (19.8 × 29.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 13/16 × 11 3/4 in. (19.8 × 29.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 13/16 × 11 3/4 in. (19.8 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Morris Weiner
Object number2014.716
Not on view
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Exhibition History"For a New World to Come: Experiments in Art and Photography, 1968-1979 Japan," 8 March - 12 July 2015
', 3/8/2015 - 7/12/2015
Published References Dodo, Shunji. "Harukanaru chihei: Dodo Shunji shashinshu 1968-1977" ["Horizon far and away: photographs 1968-1977"]. Tokyo: Akakasha, 2012. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil on verso right edge: 1971
Signed in pencil on verso lower left: DoDo Shunji [underlined] / [signed with Japanese characters]
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