Closed bars in front of U.S. base gate

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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)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Morris Weiner

Object number2014.716

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Photography

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PHOTOGRAPHS

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
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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