Shiraoka Jun
From the Window of Our Apartment

From the Window of Our Apartment
From the Window of Our Apartment
ArtistJapanese, born 1944
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • From the Window of Our Apartment
Date1977, printed 1980
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 7/16 × 9 5/8 in. (16.4 × 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 number2002.2256
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
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: "© copyright 1980 / JUN SHIRAOKA / [Japanese inscription] / 52 rue Crazatier, / 75012 Paris, / France, Tel 340-2757 / 8-45, Okura, / Niihama-shi, / Ehime-Ken, / Japan / Negative No. US 405-4-2 / Print No. 55-021J / Printed in July 24, 1980, in Paris / Taken in October, 1977, in New York City / From the window of our apartment / (210 West 70 Street, Rm. 1211, New York N.Y. 10023) / at 70th Street and Amsterdam Avenue / Where I stayed with Marget. / Soon after this, she went back to Helsinki, / Finland. Because, she finished studying / piano at Julliard."

Inscribed in pencil, verso, along upper right edge[upside down] "3 5.6 7.5 P25 Jul 24 80"
Signed in pencil, verso, upper right: "Jun Shiaoka / [Japanese inscription]"

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