Vicissitudes/Insects on Seeds, 2003

Artist Ryuji Taira(Japanese, born 1960)Japanese, 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

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

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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