Yukinori Yanagi
Small Sun

Small Sun

© Yukinori Yanagi

Small Sun
Small Sun
ArtistJapanese, born 1959
PrinterAmerican, born 1945
Print studioNew York
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Small Sun
  • from the portfolio Hinomaru
Date1991
Published inNew York City, New York, United States
Printed inNew York City, New York, United States
MediumEmbossing and photolithograph in red on wove paper, edition 10/35
DimensionsPlate: 5 5/16 × 6 3/4 in. (13.5 × 17.1 cm)
Sheet: 33 × 24in. (83.8 × 61cm)
Credit LineThe Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994, museum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number96.42.5
Not on view

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Provenance[Peter Blum Gallery, Blumarts Inc., New York, by 1996]; purchased by MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition History"Yukinori Yanagi: Hinomaru Portfolio," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 8–July 13, 2014.

"Singular Multiples: The Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 23–October 15, 2006.

"The Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1981-1994 - Yukinori Yanagi: Hinomaru Portfolio," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Aug. 20, 2021 - Jan. 2, 2022. [Second Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Numbered in graphite, lower left corner: 10/35
Signed and dated in graphite, lower right corner: Yanagi 1991

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1991
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1991
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96.42.2
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96.524
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1991
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1991
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1991
Photolithograph in red on wove paper
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1991
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96.529
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1991
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96.536
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1991
Lithograph in red
96.537