84.1995: Yoyogi Hairdressing School, Tokyo

Identification and Creation

Object Number

84.1995

People

William Klein, American (New York, New York 1928 - 2022 Paris, France)

Title

Yoyogi Hairdressing School, Tokyo

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Tokyo (1964)

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1961

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Tōkyō

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/212471

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

26.2 x 39 cm (10 5/16 x 15 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: William Klein
• inscription: in graphite on verso, upper right: "TOKYO (fe____) e'cole de caiffure"; in red ink on verso, upper right: "William Klein 9 rue Falguière, Paris 15e"; stamped in red ink on verso, upper right: "william klein_____________ 9, rue falguière, paris seg. 51.34"; in graphite on verso, center: "(printed in 1961)"; in graphite on verso, lower left: "Hairdressing School, Tokyo, 1961 BKV-77"; in graphite on verso, lower right: "William Klein"; in red ink on verso, lower right: "Tokyo"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Anonymous Owner, purchased from Howard Greenberg Gallery, 1995, on long term loan to the H.U. Art Museums, 1995.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan

Object Number

84.1995

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• William Klein, William Klein, Pacific Press Service (Tokyo, Japan, 1991), unpaginated

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