Ryuji Taira
Vicissitudes/Insects on Seeds, 2003

Vicissitudes/Insects on Seeds, 2003
Vicissitudes/Insects on Seeds, 2003
Vicissitudes/Insects on Seeds, 2003
ArtistJapanese, born 1960
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Vicissitudes/Insects on Seeds, 2003
  • Vicissitudes/Tanpopo #1, 2004
  • from the portfolio Time
Date2004, 2003, printed 2006
MediumCollotype
DimensionsSheet (A): 9 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (24.4 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet (B): 9 5/8 × 7 11/16 in. (24.4 × 19.5 cm)
Folio (closed): 16 1/4 × 13 1/16 × 5/16 in. (41.3 × 33.2 × 0.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Koichiro and Machiko Kurita
Object number2006.591.6.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed on opposite page, lower edge:
A) "RYUJI TAIRA / VICISSITUDES / Tanpopo #1, 2004
B) "VICISSITUDES / Insects on Seeds, 2003"

Printed on verso mount, lower edge:
A) "VICISSITUDES / Tanpopo #1, 2004/ One plate, two colors, six layers, Paper Gampi"
B) "VICISSITUDES / Insects on Seeds, 2003"
/ One plate, two colors, six layers, Paper Gampi"

Stamped in gold ink on the front of folio: "RYUJI TAIRA"

Embossed printer's stamp(?) on the inside of the back cover of the portfolio: "K??"

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