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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1996.22
People
Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese (1951 - )
Title
Amimai-no-bi (Ambiguous Beauty)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1995
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/282962

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Paulowinia Wood, fan, and photomechanical print
Technique
Photomechanical print
Dimensions
actual: 29.5 x 50 x 3 cm (11 5/8 x 19 11/16 x 1 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private Collection, gift; to the Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, Santa Monica, CA, 1995, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 1996.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift in honor of Branden W. Joseph
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
P1996.22
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Richard Francis and Fumio Nanjo, A Cabinet of Signs: Contemporary Art from Post-Modern Japan, exh. cat., Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, England, 1991)
  • Norman Bryson, "Yasumas Morimura: Mother (Judith II)", Artforum International (January 1994), 70-71
  • Inside Out: Contemporary Japanese Photography, exh. cat., The Light Factory Photographic Arts Center (Charlotte, NC, 1994)

Exhibition History

  • About Face: Artist's Portraits in Photography, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 07/19/1997 - 10/12/1997

Verification Level

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