Iwazo Funaba's Crippled Hand, Victim of Disease

© W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos

Iwazo Funaba's Crippled Hand, Victim of Disease

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Iwazo Funaba's Crippled Hand, Victim of Disease,

1971

W. Eugene Smith, 1918–1978; born Wichita, KS; died Tucson, AZ; active New York, NY and Tucson
2019-115

Information

Title
Iwazo Funaba's Crippled Hand, Victim of Disease
Dates

1971

Maker
W. Eugene Smith
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 23.1 × 23 cm (9 1/8 × 9 1/16 in.) sheet: 23.6 × 23.6 cm (9 5/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2019-115
Place Depicted

Asia, Japan, Minamata

Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamped in black on verso, center: THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY NOT BE | REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN CONSENT OF | W. EUGENE SMITH Stamped in black on verso, center: TAKESHI ISHIKAWA | ARCHIVE TOKYO [in rectangle]
Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
illness, photojournalism, hands, children (people by age group)

Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund

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