Shiraoka Jun
Christina in my Room at International House, New York

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Artist Shiraoka Jun(Japanese, born 1944)Japanese, born 1944

CultureJapanese

Titles

Christina in my Room at International House, New York

Date1975

PlaceNew York, New York, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 6 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (16.5 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 11 15/16 in. (23.9 × 30.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.2257

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Japanese Photography in the Manfred Heiting Collection" at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, March 11- July 13, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper edge[upside down] "5.6 11 p2.5 C21 Jul 24 80"

Inscribed in pencil, verso: "[Signature] / [Japanese inscription] / © copyright 1980 / Jun Shiraoka / [Japanese inscription] / 52 rue Crozatier, / 75012 Paris, / France, Tel. 340-2757 / 8-45, OKURA, / Niihama-Shi, / Ehime-Ken, / Japan"

Inscribed in pencil, verso: "Negative No US 122-2-3 / Print No 55-022J / Printed in July 24, 1980, in Paris / Taken in August, 1975, in New York City / Christina in my room at International House / where I stayed for more than three years / during my six years' life in New York. She was studying dancing / It was very hot that afternoon"

Signed in pencil, verso, upper center: "Jun Shiraoka"

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