PhotographsAmerican20th century

Untitled (Japan)

March 14, 1960-April 22, 1960

Artists

Ben ShahnArtist

Description

various ads on same billboard. Most legible: bottom-most "Ishikawa Terebi" (Ishikawa television). Upper right hand: "Kyoto-to" suggests that billboard is in the Kyoto region.

Classification

Photographs

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Photographs

Dimensions

image: 5.6 x 8.3 cm (2 3/16 x 3 1/4 in.) sheet: 6.3 x 9 cm (2 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)

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Gelatin silver print