Ishimoto Yasuhiro
Untitled

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Artist Ishimoto Yasuhiro(Japanese, 1921–2012)Japanese, 1921–2012

CultureJapanese

Titles

Untitled
from the series Composition

Datec. 1985, printed 1985

MediumSilver dye bleach print

DimensionsImage: 11 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. (29.8 × 29.8 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 16 15/16 in. (35.4 × 43 cm)

Credit LineGift of the artist in memory of Ishimoto Shigeru

Object number2009.297

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionTrained at the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology (the “New Bauhaus”) in Chicago, founded by László Moholy-Nagy with an emphasis on experimental art-making, Yasuhiro Ishimoto made this photograph using color film and filters, rewinding the film and re-shooting the subject (here, a building) multiple times on the same negative frame. The result is an abstract image of the skyline he saw from his apartment window in downtown Tokyo. Because he did not know how the final image would appear when printed, his intuition and experience guided the composition. The final image invokes a sense of optical and kinetic wonder in the eyes of a viewer.
ProvenanceThe artist, Tokyo; given to MFAH, 2009.
Exhibition History“The Will to Architecture,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 1–July 6, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso bottom right corner in pencil "1642 / YI-A5"

bottom right below image in silver ink "Yas Ishimoto"

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