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[Tatami Mats and Light Bulb Reflected in Shard of Glass, Nagoya, Japan]

1959–60, printed 1990
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: [Tatami Mats and Light Bulb Reflected in Shard of Glass, Nagoya, Japan]
  • Artist: Tōmatsu Shōmei (Japanese, Aichi, Nagoya 1930–2012 Naha, Okinawa)
  • Date: 1959–60, printed 1990
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions: Image: 11 7/8 × 14 7/8 in. (30.2 × 37.8 cm)
    Sheet: 16 in. × 19 7/8 in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1991
  • Object Number: 1991.1052
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs
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