Artist
Toshio Shibata(Japanese, born 1949)Japanese, born 1949
CultureJapanese
Titles
- Juocho, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Date2008
Place depictedHitachi, Japan
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 31 1/4 × 39 in. (79.4 × 99.1 cm)
Sheet: 37 1/4 × 44 1/2 in. (94.6 × 113 cm)
Sheet: 37 1/4 × 44 1/2 in. (94.6 × 113 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist and Laurence Miller in honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker on the occasion of her retirement
Object number2015.219
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Toshio Shibata has long been interested in the man-made structures that engineers have devised to control erosion, channel or dam rivers, reinforce rock faces, and otherwise hold back the forces of nature. Trained as a painter, he delights in the abstract visual dance of the natural world and human interventions.
ProvenanceThe artist, Kamakura, Japan; given to MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in ink on verso printed label
Printed label on verso backboard: Toshio Shibata / Juocho, Hitachi City Ibaraki Prefecture / (C-1103) 2008 #1/10 / 32 x 40 inch type-c print / (signature) / LMC ...
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