Artist
Diane Tani (Chinese-Japanese-American, born 1965)Chinese-Japanese-American, born 1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Ancestors
Date1989
PlaceUnited States
MediumChromogenic print with printed text
DimensionsImage: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Macey Reasoner in honor of Li Cunxin
Object number95.105
Not on view
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The photograph is signed and dated in black ink, verso: " 'Ancestors' copyright Diane Tani 1989 5/".
printed lower right of image "ancestors / a part of my past / strange names whispered / and lost"
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