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Time - (B)

Artist Kenji Nakahashi (Japanese, 1947 - 2017)
Date1985
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 1/4 × 12 15/16 inches (26.04 × 32.84 cm)
Mount and mat: 13 7/8 × 16 3/4 inches (35.23 × 42.55 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous gift in memory of Kenji Nakahashi and Mr. and Mrs. George McKenna
Object number2018.31.8
SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in pencil.
InscribedOn mount recto, lower left, in pencil: "a.p. "Time - (B)""
Markingsnone
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of a double beam scale with two seemingly identical Westclox clocks in each pan. The left clock reads 12:04 and is raised slightly above the right clock which reads 12:15. The background fades from gray to black when viewed left to right.Provenance
Gift of anonymous donor to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
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