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National Highway No. 188

© DODO Shunji

National Highway No. 188
National Highway No. 188
ArtistJapanese, born 1947
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • National Highway No. 188
  • from the series A town where Americans are – the U.S. Marine Iwakuni Corps Base II
Date1971
Place depictedIwakuni, Japan
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. (19.7 × 29.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. (19.7 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Francis L. Lederer Foundation, courtesy of Sharon Lederer; and Morris Weiner
Object number2014.717
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist, Nara, Japan, 1970s; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, 2014
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 (underlilned) / signature in Japanese

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