Untitled (composition with hands)

Maker(s)
Artist: Shiihara Osamu (Japan, born 1905)
Historical period(s)
Showa era, 1938
Medium
Solarized ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Geography
Japan
Credit Line
Purchase and partial gift from the Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck Collection — Acquisition fund in honor of Julian Raby, director emeritus of the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Accession Number
S2018.2.269
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Photograph
Type

Photograph

Keywords
Gloria Katz and Willard M. Huyck Jr. collection, hand, Japan, Showa era (1926 - 1989)
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Published References
  • Sotheby's (New York). A Show of Hands: Photographs from the Collection of Henry Buhl, December 12-13, 2012. New York. 255.
  • Jennifer Blessing. Speaking with hands: photographs from the Buhl Collection. Exh. cat. New York. 103, 247.
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
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