Osamu James Nakagawa
Kai, Ninomiya, Japan, Autumn, 1998

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Artist Osamu James Nakagawa (American, born 1962)American, born 1962

CultureAmerican

Titles

Kai, Ninomiya, Japan, Autumn, 1998
from the series Kai

Date1998

PlaceNinomiya, Japan

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 13 15/16 × 14 in. (35.4 × 35.6 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (50.5 × 40.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum 1999

Object number99.498

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionAfter learning that his father was dying of cancer and his wife was pregnant with their daughter, Osamu James Nakagawa made a series of photographs that revolve around the cycle of life and death. In visualizing the constructed relationships with memory and family, he found that time is circular; self, parent, and child occur simultaneously at beginning and end.
Provenance[McMurtrey Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1999.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

The photograph is inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: Kai, Ninomiya, Autumn, 1998 / O J Nakagawa [signature] 1/10 / [Japanese text]

The photograph is signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso, lower right.

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