W. Eugene Smith
Minamata - Tomoko and Mother

Minamata - Tomoko and Mother

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Minamata - Tomoko and Mother
Minamata - Tomoko and Mother
ArtistAmerican, 1918–1978
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Minamata - Tomoko and Mother
Date1972
PlaceMinamata, Japan
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 × 12 7/8 in. (20.1 × 32.7 cm)
 Sheet: 7 7/8 × 12 7/8 in. (20 × 32.7 cm)
 Mount: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores and the National Endowment for the Arts
Object number76.301
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[The Witkin Gallery, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "The Family" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston May 29 - August 6, 1989

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image on mount in pencil " Minamata - Tomoko and Mother "
bottom right below image on mount in pencil " W. Eugene Smith "

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Tomoko Uemura, a victim of mercury poisoning, is taken to the Central Pollution Board, during the Victims of the Minamata Disease versus the Chisso Chemical Plant trial. The patients demanded that the members of the Board look, touch, and hold her.
W. Eugene Smith
Tomoko Uemura, a victim of mercury poisoning, is taken to the Central Pollution Board, during the Victims of the Minamata Disease versus the Chisso Chemical Plant trial. The patients demanded that the members of the Board look, touch, and hold her.
1971
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Iwazo Funaba's crippled hands, Minamata
1971
Gelatin silver print
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The Leper, Africa
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The Leper, Africa
1954
Gelatin silver print
2023.635
Marine Demolition Team Blasting Out a Cave on Hill 382, Iwo Jima
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Marine Demolition Team Blasting Out a Cave on Hill 382, Iwo Jima
1945
Gelatin silver print
2002.2298
Civilians Driven from Natural Caves in the Saipan Mountains by U.S. Smoke Grenades
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2009.1641
Frontline Soldier with Canteen, Saipan
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Frontline Soldier with Canteen, Saipan
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Gelatin silver print
2008.5
Untitled
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Untitled
1945
Gelatin silver print
2009.1233
Contents of Dr. Ceriani's bag
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Contents of Dr. Ceriani's bag
1948
Gelatin silver print
2001.254
From My Window
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From My Window
1959
Gelatin silver print
87.178
Dr. Ceriani tapes broken ribs
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Dr. Ceriani tapes broken ribs
1948
Gelatin silver print
2001.237
Dr. Ceriani carries a patient from basement ward to operating room
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Dr. Ceriani carries a patient from basement ward to operating room
1948
Gelatin silver print
2001.235
Before the amputation, Dr. Ceriani checks the patient's blood pressure
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Before the amputation, Dr. Ceriani checks the patient's blood pressure
1948
Gelatin silver print
2001.236