石内都 Ishiuchi Miyako, 絶唱、横須賀ストーリー#73 大滝町 Yokosuka Story #73 Ōdaki-chō

絶唱、横須賀ストーリー#73 大滝町 Yokosuka Story #73 Ōdaki-chō

1977
Gelatin silver print, printed 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.)
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.

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