Artist
Yamamoto Masao(Japanese, born 1957)Japanese, born 1957
CultureJapanese
Titles
- Nakazora
Date2002
MediumWood, paper scroll, print, Plexiglas
DimensionsA) Scroll: 11 × 228in. (27.9 × 579.1cm)
B) Photograph/image: 3 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (7.9 × 7 cm)
C) Plexi Case: 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 12 1/4 in. (8.9 × 8.9 × 31.1 cm)
B) Photograph/image: 3 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (7.9 × 7 cm)
C) Plexi Case: 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 12 1/4 in. (8.9 × 8.9 × 31.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Katherine Friedman Weiner in honor of John Carl Landa, Sr.
Object number2002.74.A-.C
Not on view
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed artist name and title at the beginning of paper scroll and at the ends of the wooden rod.
Printed at the end of the paper scroll:
"Nakazora is printed in a first edition of 1,000 copies / Design by Reiko Nakajima and Masao Yamamoto / Project coordination by Maya Ishiwata / Photographs copyright © 2001 Masao Yamamoto / Copyright © 2001 by Nazraeli Press / Chris Pichler / 526 East 16th Street, Tucson, Arizona 85701, USA / Printed in China by Oceanic Graphic Productions / ISBN 1-59005-022-3"
"Dictionary Defination of Nakazora / The space between sky and earth, the place where birds, et. fly. Empty air. / An internal hollow. Vague. Hollow. Around the center of the sky. Or, empitiness. / The inability to decide between two things. Midway. / The center of the sky (the zenith). A Buddhist term.
Printed at the end of the paper scroll:
"Nakazora is printed in a first edition of 1,000 copies / Design by Reiko Nakajima and Masao Yamamoto / Project coordination by Maya Ishiwata / Photographs copyright © 2001 Masao Yamamoto / Copyright © 2001 by Nazraeli Press / Chris Pichler / 526 East 16th Street, Tucson, Arizona 85701, USA / Printed in China by Oceanic Graphic Productions / ISBN 1-59005-022-3"
"Dictionary Defination of Nakazora / The space between sky and earth, the place where birds, et. fly. Empty air. / An internal hollow. Vague. Hollow. Around the center of the sky. Or, empitiness. / The inability to decide between two things. Midway. / The center of the sky (the zenith). A Buddhist term.
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