2014.428: Trotsky's Glasses - Viewing a Dictionary That Was Damaged in the First Assassination Attempt on His Life

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2014.428

People

Yoneda Tomoko, Japanese (Hyogo, Japan born 1965)

Title

Trotsky's Glasses - Viewing a Dictionary That Was Damaged in the First Assassination Attempt on His Life

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Between Visible and Invisible

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

2003

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/351699

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

75 x 75 cm (29 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.)
framed: 78 x 78 x 3.5 cm (30 11/16 x 30 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• label: on backing board: ShugoArts / Trotsky's glasses - viewing a dictionary that was damaged in the first assassination attempt on his life / 2003 / Gelatin Silver Print / 75 x 75cm / Ed. 7/7
• inscription: on verso, in graphite: Between visible and invisible / Trotsky's glasses - viewing a dictionary that was damaged in the first assassination attempt on his life, 2003 / Tomoko Yoneda 7/7

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[ShugoArts, Tokyo], sold; to Thierry Porte, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition

7/7

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Thierry Porté and family

Accession Year

2014

Object Number

2014.428

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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