Artist
Enokura Koji(Japanese, 1942–1995)Japanese, 1942–1995
CultureJapanese
Titles
- Quality of Wetness
Date1970
Place depictedYokohama, Japan
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 11/16 × 11 7/8 in. (24.6 × 30.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 11/16 × 11 7/8 in. (24.6 × 30.2 cm)
Frame (outer) (ANW EXHIBITION FRAME): 16 5/8 × 20 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (42.2 × 52.4 × 4.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 11/16 × 11 7/8 in. (24.6 × 30.2 cm)
Frame (outer) (ANW EXHIBITION FRAME): 16 5/8 × 20 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (42.2 × 52.4 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2014.682
Not on view
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PhotographyObject Type
ProvenanceArtist; Toyko Publishing House, Tokyo, Japan; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, 2014
Exhibition History“For A New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979 Japan,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 8–July 12, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil inside estate stamp on sheet verso: 016-019-016
Unsigned
Stamped upside down on sheet verso: A046
Stamped with estate stamp on sheet verso: SPACE 23°C / Enokura / 2012
Printed and typed label on verso mat: TPH / TOKYO PUBLISHING HOUSE / Keji Enokura / Quality of Wetness / 1970 / gelatin silver print, paper / 24.6 x 30.2 cm / 14-24, 1CHOME, KAIGAN, MINATO-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN.
Stamped with estate stamp on sheet verso: SPACE 23°C / Enokura / 2012
Printed and typed label on verso mat: TPH / TOKYO PUBLISHING HOUSE / Keji Enokura / Quality of Wetness / 1970 / gelatin silver print, paper / 24.6 x 30.2 cm / 14-24, 1CHOME, KAIGAN, MINATO-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN.
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