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)
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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PhotographyObject Type
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??"
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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Christian Luycks
no date
Oil on panel
2012.278
Johann Theodor de Bry
c. 1600–1610, published 1614
Engraving
BF.2017.3.3
Penny Cerling
1986–1987
Etching and aquatint in blue, orange, and black on wove paper, edition 6/12
89.316.1
