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.
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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.
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Iwazo Funaba's crippled hands, Minamata
1971
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The Leper, Africa
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The Leper, Africa
1954
Gelatin silver print
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The Thread Maker
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The Thread Maker
1950
Gelatin silver print
85.112
Emergency treatment for a child kicked by a horse
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Emergency treatment for a child kicked by a horse
1948, printed later
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2001.241
Dr. Ceriani examines boy with swollen eye
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Dr. Ceriani examines boy with swollen eye
1948
Gelatin silver print
2001.239
Dr. Ceriani with amputee Thomas Mitchell
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Dr. Ceriani with amputee Thomas Mitchell
1948
Gelatin silver print
2001.240
Dr. Ceriani helps carry a patient into the hospital
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Dr. Ceriani helps carry a patient into the hospital
1948
Gelatin silver print
2001.238
cropped recto of sheet
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Untitled
1948
Gelatin silver print
85.93
Untitled
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Untitled
1948
Gelatin silver print
85.94
cropped recto of mount
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Dr. Ceriani makes his way to the hospital
1948
Gelatin silver print
85.96
cropped recto of mount
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Dr. Ceriani delivers a baby
1948
Gelatin silver print
85.97