石内都 Ishiuchi Miyako, 絶唱 、横須賀ストーリー Yokosuka Story

1976-1977
22 unique gelatin silver prints, printed 1979.
Each sheet: 11.9 x 16.3 cm (4 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.)
Each frame: 22 x 26 cm (8 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Each signed in rōmaji and dated in ink on the verso.

This work is unique. These 22 prints were part of nearly 100 unique cabinet-card-sized prints of Yokosuka Storymade by Ishiuchi in 1979 for a Nikon Salon exhibition in Paris that never materialised. Acquired by the present owner in 2010 – when these prints were first made available – they represent the largest holding of this work in private hands. London’s Tate Modern acquired 40 prints in 2013 and the others are held privately and by the artist. This is the first auction offering of early prints from Yokosuka Story.

Please note that the artist’s name appears in Japanese order with her surname before her forename.