P2004.32: Untitled (Yokosuka)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P2004.32

People

Shomei Tomatsu, Japanese (Nagoya, Japan 1930 - 2012)

Title

Untitled (Yokosuka)

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Chewing Gum and Chocolate

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1959, printed later

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/52762

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 16.8 x 24.5 cm (6 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
mount: 21.5 x 29.4 cm (8 7/16 x 11 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: recto, below mount, b.r. in black ink: '74 Tomatsu
• inscription: yes, recto, below mount, b.r., black ink, signed, in artist's hand: '74 Tomatsu

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs

Copyright

© 1960 Shomei Tomatsu

Accession Year

2004

Object Number

P2004.32

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 248, ill.

Exhibition History

• HAA178m Cold War Photography (S427) Spring 2012, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 05/12/2012
• 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/08/2024 - 10/07/2024
• A History of Photography, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/03/2015 - 01/03/2016

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