Yunoshima Island, Asamushi, Honshu, Japan

Artist Michael Kenna British, born 1953

Date2002, printed 2003

MediumGelatin-silver print, sepia-toned

Dimensionsheight and width: 7 15/16 × 7 5/8 in. (20.2 × 19.4 cm)
frame: 20 3/8 × 16 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (51.8 × 41.6 × 3.8 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineGift of the family of Julian T. Baker Jr. and the Estate of Julian T. Baker Jr.

Object number2012.1.10

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ProvenanceCreated Japan, 2002, printed 2003; collection of the artist, western United States; [Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, 2006]; Julian T. Baker Jr., Raleigh, NC; Estate of Julian T. Baker Jr; [Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ]; sold to NCMA, 2012 [1].

[1] Baker’s will stated that his entire collection should be sold by the Etherton Gallery and the Gitterman Gallery and the proceeds would go to the estate, which were then given to the family. The family then gave the NCMA Foundation a portion of the estate for the purpose of buying 25 photographs from the two galleries (specific photos that had been in Baker’s collection).

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