Untitled, Chicago

Artist Yasuhiro Ishimoto (Japanese, born United States, 1921 - 2012)

Date1949-1950; printed ca. 1975

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 8 3/16 × 8 1/16 inches (20.8 × 20.47 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/16 × 9 15/16 inches (30.96 × 25.22 cm)

Credit LineGift of Margaret and Cole Lundquist

Object number2018.68.10

SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "Yas Ishimoto"

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "6-87" / 1192.1167", "350".

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DescriptionImage of four people seen from behind; the image is cropped at their shoulders so we do not see their heads. They are all wearing swimsuits and standing at a wooden bar - possibly a concession stand. The woman on the left has bruises on her right thigh.Provenance

Provenance

Yasuhiro Ishimoto;

David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg;

Their gift to The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1999;

Deaccessioned by them and purchased by Margaret and Cole Lundquist, Chicago, IL, 2014;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.

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