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Ordeal by Roses #6

Artist Eikoh Hosoe (Japanese, 1933 - 2024)
Date1961; printed 1970
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 13/16 × 11 9/16 inches (19.84 × 29.37 cm)
Mount: 14 5/8 × 17 7/8 inches (37.15 × 45.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.114
SignedSigned and dated on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "1970"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a man with short, dark hair lying on his back on top of tiled mosaic. There is a hose wrapped around his mouth and body; beyond him is a marble staircase flanked with urns.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Eikoh Hosoe
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