Dodo Shunji
Closed bars in front of U.S. base gate

Closed bars in front of U.S. base gate

© DODO Shunji

Closed bars in front of U.S. base gate
Closed bars in front of U.S. base gate
ArtistJapanese, 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)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Morris Weiner
Object number2014.716
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist, Nara, Japan, 1970s; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, 2014
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
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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