Kawada Kikuji
Atomic-Bomb Dome, Ceiling Stain of Blood.

Atomic-Bomb Dome, Ceiling Stain of Blood.

© Kikuji Kawada

Atomic-Bomb Dome, Ceiling Stain of Blood.
Atomic-Bomb Dome, Ceiling Stain of Blood.
ArtistJapanese, born 1933
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Atomic-Bomb Dome, Ceiling Stain of Blood.
  • from the series The Map
Date1959–1965, printed 1989
Place depictedHiroshima, Japan
MediumGelatin silver print with selenium toning
DimensionsImage: 6 11/16 × 10 15/16 in. (17 × 27.8 cm)
Sheet: 12 × 14 7/8 in. (30.5 × 37.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2014.708
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist, 1989; Photo Gallery International, Tokyo, Japan, 2013; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, 2014
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on sheet verso in pencil: 173 print with Agfa
Unsigned
Blind stamped on sheet recto: KIKUJI KAWADA • PHOTOGRAPHED •

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