Shiraoka Jun
From the Window of Our Apartment

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Artist Shiraoka JunJapanese, 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

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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: "© 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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