Tanaka Osami
Untitled XXXIX

Untitled XXXIX
Untitled XXXIX
Untitled XXXIX
ArtistJapanese, born 1952
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Untitled XXXIX
Date1987
PlaceJapan
MediumParaffin and steel
Dimensions44 1/4 × 26 1/2 × 20 1/4 in. (112.4 × 67.3 × 51.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward R. Broida
Object number2007.634
Not on view

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Provenance[Bess Cutler Gallery, New York]; Edward R. Broida, April 24, 1987; bequeathed to MFAH, 2007.

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