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Ishiuchi Miyako
絶唱、横須賀ストーリー#5 野比海岸, Yokosuka Story #5 Nobikaigan
- Estimate
- £15,000 - 25,000‡
£27,500
Lot Details
Gelatin silver print, printed 1977.
1976
Image: 43.2 x 53.5 cm (17 x 21 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 45.5 x 55.5 cm (17 7/8 x 21 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 45.5 x 55.5 cm (17 7/8 x 21 7/8 in.)
Signed in rōmaji, titled in Japanese and dated in ink on the verso; signed, titled and dated in ink on a Certificate of Authenticity accompanying the work
This work is one of the prints made by Ishiuchi for the purpose of her first solo show Yokosuka Story at Nikon Gallery, Tokyo; the exhibited print is held at Yokohama Museum of Art. As of this writing, the J. Paul Getty Museum and Yokohama Museum of Art each holds an early print, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York holds a later print. Early prints of Yokosuka Story are exceedingly rare.
Please note that the artist’s name appears in Japanese order with the surname before the forename.
This work is one of the prints made by Ishiuchi for the purpose of her first solo show Yokosuka Story at Nikon Gallery, Tokyo; the exhibited print is held at Yokohama Museum of Art. As of this writing, the J. Paul Getty Museum and Yokohama Museum of Art each holds an early print, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York holds a later print. Early prints of Yokosuka Story are exceedingly rare.
Please note that the artist’s name appears in Japanese order with the surname before the forename.
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Catalogue Essay
In this bold composition, the windswept grasses fill more than half of the frame. Ishiuchi’s preferred language of grain and the repeated curves of the grasses create an emotionally charged photograph, enabling the viewer to feel the power of the wind and to hear the rustling of the grasses. One of the most important photographs from the project, Yokosuka Story #5 was selected as the image to promote Ishiuchi’s 1977 inaugural Yokosuka Story exhibition.
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