Shomei Tomatsu
Beer Bottle After the Atomic Bomb Explosion

Beer Bottle After the Atomic Bomb Explosion

© Tomatsu Shomei

Beer Bottle After the Atomic Bomb Explosion
Beer Bottle After the Atomic Bomb Explosion
ArtistJapanese, 1930–2012
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Beer Bottle After the Atomic Bomb Explosion
  • from the series 11:02–Nagasaki
Date1961, printed later
PlaceNagasaki, Japan
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 17 13/16 × 15 7/16 in. (45.3 × 39.2 cm)
Sheet: 23 5/16 × 19 5/8 in. (59.2 × 49.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.1170
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"Tradition and the Unpredictable: The Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 16–March 27, 1994.

"Optical/Perceptual: Photographs from the Allan Chasanoff Collection," Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, October 6, 2008–January 4, 2009.

"Experiments with Truth: Gandhi and Images of Nonviolence," The Menil Collection, Houston, October 2, 2014–February 1, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil on sheet verso: '84
Signed in pencil on sheet verso

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