石内都 Ishiuchi Miyako, 絶唱、横須賀ストーリー#5 野比海岸, Yokosuka Story #5 Nobikaigan

絶唱、横須賀ストーリー#5 野比海岸, Yokosuka Story #5 Nobikaigan

1976
Gelatin silver print, printed 1977.
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.)
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.

Provenance:
Gallery Past Rays, Yokohama, 2009
Private Collection, Tokyo