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Ishiuchi Miyako
絶唱、横須賀ストーリー#73 大滝町 Yokosuka Story #73 Ōdaki-chō
- Estimate
- £6,000 - 8,000‡
£10,625
Lot Details
Gelatin silver print, printed 1977.
1977
Image: 23.3 x 28.3 cm (9 1/8 x 11 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 25.2 x 30.5 cm (9 7/8 x 12 in.)
Sheet: 25.2 x 30.5 cm (9 7/8 x 12 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 believed to be the first print she made of this image, which she kept for herself. As of this writing, the J. Paul Getty Museum and Yokohama Museum of Art each holds an early 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 believed to be the first print she made of this image, which she kept for herself. As of this writing, the J. Paul Getty Museum and Yokohama Museum of Art each holds an early 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
Here, we see a close up of the back of an American wearing a denim jacket embroidered with a skull and crossbones and the words ‘USS Rathburne’ and ‘You’ll Never Go Again!!’ as he is about to cross the road. The ambiguity of the scene is highlighted in Ishiuchi’s choice of angles and cropping. Her manipulation of the photographic image in the camera and in the darkroom enables her to tell a personal story that also alludes to broader themes of alienation and disaffection of urban life in post-war Japan.
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