Object number2022.42.14

Nails: Hand (from May 1976 to May 1981)

Date1980

Artist Kenji Nakahashi (Japanese, 1947 - 2017)

CultureJapanese, American

MediumChromogenic print, mounted to board

EditionArtist's proof

DimensionsImage: 9 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. (23.5 x 34.3 cm)
Mount: 14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm)

Credit LineAnonymous gift in memory of Kenji Nakahashi

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

SignedOn mount, signed lower right in pencil: Kenji Nakahashi

InscribedOn mount, by artist, lower left in pencil: A.P. "Nails" (From May 1976 to May 1979); typed on a piece of paper affixed to the interior of the window mat: © 1980 Kenji Nakahashi; on a typed label affixed to the reverse of the mount: "NAILS" (from May, 1976 to May, 1979) / A.P./Edition, 100 C-Print $260.- / COPYRIGHT 1980 Kenji Nakahashi / Collection : Library of Congress, U.S.A. / Coos Art Museum, U.S.A.; typed on a piece of paper previously affixed to the interior of the window mat: The Coos Art Museum. / The Library of Congress.

ProvenanceGift of Gratia Williams (artist's widow)

Vassar Exhibitions

Photography as Data: Augmentation, Extraction, Objectification

Exhibition HistoryPhotography as Data: Augmentation, Extraction, Objectification, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 9 - September 15, 2024
DescriptionImage of a hand with piles of nails above each finger.

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